Andromeda 16
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Andromeda 16 is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located in the Local Group.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andromeda 16 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5670734 — 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: Andromeda 16 Context triple: [Andromeda XVI, otherName, Andromeda 16]
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A.
Andromeda 14
Andromeda 14 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy that is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) in the Local Group.
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B.
Andromeda 15
Andromeda 15 is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located in the Local Group.
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C.
Andromeda 10
Andromeda 10 is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located in the Local Group.
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D.
Andromeda 11
Andromeda 11 is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located in the Local Group.
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E.
Andromeda XXVI
Andromeda XXVI is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group of galaxies.
- 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: Andromeda 16 Target entity description: Andromeda 16 is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located in the Local Group.
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A.
Andromeda 14
Andromeda 14 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy that is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) in the Local Group.
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B.
Andromeda 15
Andromeda 15 is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located in the Local Group.
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C.
Andromeda 10
Andromeda 10 is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located in the Local Group.
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D.
Andromeda 11
Andromeda 11 is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located in the Local Group.
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E.
Andromeda XXVI
Andromeda XXVI is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group of galaxies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Andromeda satellite system ⓘ |
| belongsToGalaxyCluster | Local Group ⓘ |
| brightness | faint ⓘ |
| celestialCategory | galaxy ⓘ |
| environment | halo of the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| galaxyType | dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ |
| hasGasContent | gas-poor ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | dSph ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationActivity | low or none ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation | old ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy |
Andromeda Galaxy
ⓘ
M31 ⓘ
linked to:
Andromeda Galaxy
|
| isGravitationallyBoundTo |
Andromeda Galaxy
ⓘ
M31 ⓘ
linked to:
Andromeda Galaxy
|
| isPartOf | Andromeda satellite system ⓘ |
| isSatelliteDwarfOf |
Andromeda Galaxy
ⓘ
M31 ⓘ
linked to:
Andromeda Galaxy
|
| isSatelliteOf |
Andromeda Galaxy
ⓘ
M31 ⓘ
linked to:
Andromeda Galaxy
|
| locatedIn |
Andromeda subgroup
ⓘ
Local Group ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Group ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Andromeda 16 Description of subject: Andromeda 16 is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located in the Local Group.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.