Gay-Lussac (lunar crater)
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Gay-Lussac is a small lunar impact crater located near the prominent Copernicus crater on the Moon’s near side.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gay-Lussac (lunar crater) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5412518 — 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: Gay-Lussac (lunar crater) Context triple: [Copernicus (lunar crater), nearbyCrater, Gay-Lussac (lunar crater)]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Baade lunar crater
Baade lunar crater is a large impact feature on the Moon’s far side named in honor of German astronomer Walter Baade.
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D.
Lomonosov crater on the Moon
Lomonosov crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Russian polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, recognized for its location on the Moon’s far side and its relatively well-preserved structure.
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E.
lunar crater Piazzi
Lunar crater Piazzi is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the dwarf planet Ceres.
- 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: Gay-Lussac (lunar crater) Target entity description: Gay-Lussac is a small lunar impact crater located near the prominent Copernicus crater on the Moon’s near side.
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Baade lunar crater
Baade lunar crater is a large impact feature on the Moon’s far side named in honor of German astronomer Walter Baade.
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D.
Lomonosov crater on the Moon
Lomonosov crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Russian polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, recognized for its location on the Moon’s far side and its relatively well-preserved structure.
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E.
lunar crater Piazzi
Lunar crater Piazzi is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the dwarf planet Ceres.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar impact crater
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lunar surface feature ⓘ |
| age | Eratosthenian or Copernican age (approximate) ⓘ |
| albedo | moderate ⓘ |
| approvedBy | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| belongsTo | lunar craters named after scientists ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
ⓘ
linked to:
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
|
| colongitude | 26 ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | selenographic coordinate system ⓘ |
| depth | 2.7 km ⓘ |
| diameter | 25 km ⓘ |
| eponym | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac ⓘ |
| featureType | crater ⓘ |
| hasFeature | small central rise or low central peak ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature | Gay-Lussac rille system (Rimae Gay-Lussac) ⓘ |
| hasObservationCondition | best observed when morning or evening terminator is near longitude 19° W ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Gay-Lussac A
ⓘ
Gay-Lussac B ⓘ |
| hemisphere | lunar near side ⓘ |
| interiorFloor | relatively level interior floor ⓘ |
| isImagedBy |
Lunar Orbiter missions
ⓘ
linked to:
Lunar Orbiter program
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ |
| isOverlainBy | ejecta from Copernicus (lunar crater) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mare Insularum region
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linked to:
Mare Insularum
|
| locatedNear |
Copernicus (lunar crater)
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linked to:
Copernicus crater
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| locatedNorthOf |
Copernicus (lunar crater)
ⓘ
linked to:
Copernicus crater
|
| locatedOn |
Moon
ⓘ
near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac ⓘ |
| observedIn | lunar telescopic observations from Earth ⓘ |
| quadrant | northwestern near side ⓘ |
| rimCondition | worn but relatively well-defined rim ⓘ |
| selenographicLatitude | 10.0° N ⓘ |
| selenographicLongitude | 18.6° W ⓘ |
| surface | heavily cratered lunar highlands terrain ⓘ |
| surfaceGravity | lunar gravity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gay-Lussac (lunar crater) Description of subject: Gay-Lussac is a small lunar impact crater located near the prominent Copernicus crater on the Moon’s near side.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Copernicus Crater on the Moon