Nix (moon)
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Nix is a small outer moon of Pluto, discovered in 2005, that orbits the dwarf planet in a chaotic, tumbling rotation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nix (moon) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5948654 — 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: Nix (moon) Context triple: [Hydra (moon), hasOrbitalResonanceWith, Nix (moon)]
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A.
Aegaeon
Aegaeon is a figure from Greek mythology, often identified with the Hecatoncheires giant Briareus, known for having a hundred hands and fifty heads.
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B.
Carme (moon)
Carme is a retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter and the largest member of the Carme group of Jovian satellites.
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C.
Luna
Luna is the natural satellite of Earth, renowned for its phases, influence on tides, and prominence in human culture and mythology.
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D.
Luna
Luna was an ancient Roman town in northern Italy that served as a key urban and commercial center for the Ligurian region.
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E.
Luna
Luna is a Spanish surname most prominently associated with Mexican actor and filmmaker Diego Luna.
- 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: Nix (moon) Target entity description: Nix is a small outer moon of Pluto, discovered in 2005, that orbits the dwarf planet in a chaotic, tumbling rotation.
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A.
Aegaeon
Aegaeon is a figure from Greek mythology, often identified with the Hecatoncheires giant Briareus, known for having a hundred hands and fifty heads.
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B.
Carme (moon)
Carme is a retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter and the largest member of the Carme group of Jovian satellites.
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C.
Luna
Luna is the natural satellite of Earth, renowned for its phases, influence on tides, and prominence in human culture and mythology.
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D.
Luna
Luna was an ancient Roman town in northern Italy that served as a key urban and commercial center for the Ligurian region.
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E.
Luna
Luna is a Spanish surname most prominently associated with Mexican actor and filmmaker Diego Luna.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
irregularly shaped moon
ⓘ
moon of Pluto ⓘ natural satellite ⓘ outer moon of Pluto ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Kuiper belt system of Pluto
ⓘ
linked to:
Pluto’s satellite system
|
| discoveredBy |
Hubble Space Telescope
ⓘ
Pluto Companion Search Team ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 2005 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling | Nyx (mythological namesake) ⓘ |
| hasApproximateShape | elongated body ⓘ |
| hasCatalogDesignation | S/2005 P 2 ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryMethod | space-based optical imaging ⓘ |
| hasDynamicalClass | regular satellite of Pluto ⓘ |
| hasDynamicalState | chaotic rotation due to torques from Pluto and Charon ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
Kuiper belt
ⓘ
linked to:
Kuiper Belt
|
| hasExplorationMission | New Horizons ⓘ |
| hasMeanDistanceFrom | Pluto (outer region of system) ⓘ |
| hasObservationWavelength |
near-infrared
ⓘ
visible light ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalConfiguration | near-resonant with other small moons of Pluto ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalMotion | chaotic ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalPlane | roughly aligned with Pluto’s equatorial plane ⓘ |
| hasParentBody |
Pluto-Charon barycenter
ⓘ
linked to:
Pluto–Charon system
|
| hasRotation |
non-synchronous rotation
ⓘ
tumbling ⓘ |
| hasShape | irregular ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceColor | relatively bright ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceComposition | water ice (inferred) ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceFeature | large crater ⓘ |
| hasUnstableSpinAxis | true ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBoundTo |
Charon
ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ |
| isNonSpherical | true ⓘ |
| isOuterMoonOf | Pluto ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Pluto-Charon multiple moon system
ⓘ
linked to:
Pluto’s satellite system
|
| isSmallerBodyInSystemWith |
Charon
ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ |
| isSmallerThan |
Charon
ⓘ
Hydra ⓘ Kerberos ⓘ Styx ⓘ |
| memberOf | Pluto system ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Greek goddess of the night
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Nyx ⓘ |
| orbits |
Pluto
ⓘ
dwarf planet Pluto ⓘ
linked to:
Pluto
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| wasImagedBy |
New Horizons spacecraft
ⓘ
linked to:
New Horizons
|
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: Nix (moon) Description of subject: Nix is a small outer moon of Pluto, discovered in 2005, that orbits the dwarf planet in a chaotic, tumbling rotation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.