Le Verrier (Martian crater)
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Le Verrier is an impact crater on Mars named in honor of the 19th-century French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Le Verrier (Martian crater) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5259794 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Verrier (Martian crater) Context triple: [Urbain Le Verrier, hasCraterNamedAfter, Le Verrier (Martian crater)]
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A.
Le Verrier (lunar crater)
Le Verrier is a small lunar impact crater on the Moon’s near side, named in honor of French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier.
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B.
Martian crater Piazzi
Martian crater Piazzi is an impact crater on Mars named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the dwarf planet Ceres.
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C.
Fizeau crater
Fizeau crater is a large impact crater on the far side of the Moon, named in honor of French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau.
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D.
Ernst Mach crater
Ernst Mach crater is a large impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of the Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.
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E.
Levi-Civita crater
Levi-Civita crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, named after Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Verrier (Martian crater) Target entity description: Le Verrier is an impact crater on Mars named in honor of the 19th-century French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier.
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A.
Le Verrier (lunar crater)
Le Verrier is a small lunar impact crater on the Moon’s near side, named in honor of French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier.
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B.
Martian crater Piazzi
Martian crater Piazzi is an impact crater on Mars named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the dwarf planet Ceres.
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C.
Fizeau crater
Fizeau crater is a large impact crater on the far side of the Moon, named in honor of French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau.
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D.
Ernst Mach crater
Ernst Mach crater is a large impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of the Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.
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E.
Levi-Civita crater
Levi-Civita crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, named after Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Martian crater
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impact crater ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Craters on Mars
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Impact craters of the Solar System ⓘ |
| celestialBody | Mars ⓘ |
| featureClass | crater ⓘ |
| featureType | impact crater ⓘ |
| hasAstronomicalContext | planetary geology of Mars ⓘ |
| hasEponym | Urbain Le Verrier ⓘ |
| hasEponymFullName |
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier
ⓘ
linked to:
Urbain Le Verrier
|
| hasNameLanguage | French ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | impact event ⓘ |
| hasPlanet | Mars ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceFeatureType | crater ⓘ |
| honors | Urbain Le Verrier ⓘ |
| isNamedCraterOn | Mars ⓘ |
| isOnWorld | Mars ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mars ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
19th-century scientist
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French astronomer ⓘ French mathematician ⓘ Urbain Le Verrier ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation |
astronomer
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mathematician ⓘ |
| partOf | surface of Mars ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Le Verrier (Martian crater) Description of subject: Le Verrier is an impact crater on Mars named in honor of the 19th-century French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.