crater Milankovic on the Moon
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Crater Milankovic on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Serbian mathematician and climatologist Milutin Milanković, known for his pioneering work on long-term climate cycles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| crater Milankovic on the Moon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5674324 — 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: crater Milankovic on the Moon Context triple: [Milutin Milanković, commemoratedBy, crater Milankovic on the Moon]
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A.
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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crater Resnik on the Moon
Crater Resnik on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut Judith Resnik, one of the crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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von Kármán crater on the Moon
Von Kármán crater on the Moon is a large impact crater on the lunar far side, notable as the landing site of China’s Chang’e 4 mission and named in honor of aerospace engineer Theodore von Kármán.
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D.
crater Langley on the Moon
Crater Langley on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American astronomer and aviation pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley.
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McNair crater on the Moon
McNair crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 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: crater Milankovic on the Moon Target entity description: Crater Milankovic on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Serbian mathematician and climatologist Milutin Milanković, known for his pioneering work on long-term climate cycles.
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A.
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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B.
crater Resnik on the Moon
Crater Resnik on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut Judith Resnik, one of the crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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C.
von Kármán crater on the Moon
Von Kármán crater on the Moon is a large impact crater on the lunar far side, notable as the landing site of China’s Chang’e 4 mission and named in honor of aerospace engineer Theodore von Kármán.
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crater Langley on the Moon
Crater Langley on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American astronomer and aviation pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley.
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McNair crater on the Moon
McNair crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar crater
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lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Far side of the Moon features
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Impact craters on the Moon ⓘ |
| celestialBody | Moon ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | selenographic coordinates ⓘ |
| eponymCitizenship | Serbian ⓘ |
| eponymKnownFor |
Milankovitch climate cycles
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linked to:
Milankovitch cycles
theory of long-term climate change ⓘ |
| eponymOccupation |
climatologist
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mathematician ⓘ |
| hasAgeCharacteristic | pre-mare ⓘ |
| hasColongitude | 155 ⓘ |
| hasDiameter_km | approximately 93 ⓘ |
| hasEponym | Milutin Milanković ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central floor craters
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eroded walls ⓘ overlapping smaller impacts ⓘ relatively level floor ⓘ smaller craters along rim ⓘ worn rim ⓘ |
| hasIAUNameStatus | approved by IAU ⓘ |
| hasInterior | cratered floor ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
heavily eroded
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old impact structure ⓘ |
| hasRimCondition | damaged by subsequent impacts ⓘ |
| isNear |
crater H. G. Wells
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crater Karpinskiy ⓘ crater Oreshko ⓘ crater Plaskett ⓘ |
| isOnHemisphere | northern far side of the Moon ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Moon
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lunar far side ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Milutin Milanković ⓘ |
| namingAuthority | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Apollo missions (orbital photography)
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Lunar Orbiter missions ⓘ
linked to:
Lunar Orbiter program
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| surfaceType | lunar highlands ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: crater Milankovic on the Moon Description of subject: Crater Milankovic on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Serbian mathematician and climatologist Milutin Milanković, known for his pioneering work on long-term climate cycles.
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