Moltke
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Moltke is a small lunar impact crater located on the Moon’s near side near the Apollo 11 landing site in Mare Tranquillitatis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moltke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6042815 — 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: Moltke Context triple: [Mare Tranquillitatis, containsCrater, Moltke]
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A.
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger was a Prussian field marshal and Chief of the German General Staff whose cautious leadership at the outset of World War I shaped Germany’s early war strategy and the execution of the Schlieffen Plan.
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B.
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder was a 19th-century Prussian field marshal and military strategist best known for reorganizing the Prussian army and leading it to victory in the wars of German unification.
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C.
Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron
Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who briefly commanded armored forces in the early stages of the conflict before being killed in action in 1941.
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D.
Ludwig von Falkenhausen
Ludwig von Falkenhausen was a German general of the Imperial German Army during World War I, known for commanding forces on the Western Front, including during major battles such as Vimy Ridge.
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E.
Alfred von Schlieffen
Alfred von Schlieffen was a German field marshal and military strategist best known for devising the Schlieffen Plan, Germany’s pre–World War I strategy for a two-front war.
- 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: Moltke Target entity description: Moltke is a small lunar impact crater located on the Moon’s near side near the Apollo 11 landing site in Mare Tranquillitatis.
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A.
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger was a Prussian field marshal and Chief of the German General Staff whose cautious leadership at the outset of World War I shaped Germany’s early war strategy and the execution of the Schlieffen Plan.
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B.
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder was a 19th-century Prussian field marshal and military strategist best known for reorganizing the Prussian army and leading it to victory in the wars of German unification.
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C.
Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron
Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who briefly commanded armored forces in the early stages of the conflict before being killed in action in 1941.
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D.
Ludwig von Falkenhausen
Ludwig von Falkenhausen was a German general of the Imperial German Army during World War I, known for commanding forces on the Western Front, including during major battles such as Vimy Ridge.
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E.
Alfred von Schlieffen
Alfred von Schlieffen was a German field marshal and military strategist best known for devising the Schlieffen Plan, Germany’s pre–World War I strategy for a two-front war.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Mare Tranquillitatis region
ⓘ
linked to:
Mare Tranquillitatis
|
| cataloguedIn |
IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
ⓘ
linked to:
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
|
| colongitude | 336° ⓘ |
| depth | 1.3 km ⓘ |
| diameter | 6.5 km ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | telescopic observation from Earth ⓘ |
| hasAlbedo | relatively high ⓘ |
| hasEponymCategory | person (military figure) ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
high albedo interior
ⓘ
sharp rim ⓘ surrounded by low-albedo mare ⓘ |
| hasGeologicContext | impact crater in basaltic lava plain ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | bowl-shaped crater ⓘ |
| isYoungerThan | surrounding mare basalts ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mare Tranquillitatis ⓘ |
| locatedInQuadrangle | LTO-61B4 (Moltke) ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon ⓘ |
| locatedOnSide | near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ⓘ |
| near |
Apollo 11 landing site
ⓘ
Rimae Hypatia ⓘ crater Ritter ⓘ crater Sabine ⓘ |
| observedByMission |
Apollo 11
ⓘ
Lunar Orbiter missions ⓘ
linked to:
Lunar Orbiter program
|
| selenographicLatitude | 0.6° N ⓘ |
| selenographicLongitude | 24.2° E ⓘ |
| surfaceType | mare region ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moltke Description of subject: Moltke is a small lunar impact crater located on the Moon’s near side near the Apollo 11 landing site in Mare Tranquillitatis.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.