Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko
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Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko is a Ukrainian astronomer best known as the co-discoverer of the periodic comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the target of ESA’s Rosetta mission.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8577482 — 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: Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko Context triple: [Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, namedAfter, Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko]
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A.
Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya
Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya was a Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union, celebrated for her resistance activities and martyrdom during World War II.
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B.
Valentina Goryacheva
Valentina Goryacheva is the widow of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and a Russian public figure who has been involved in preserving his legacy.
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C.
Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Shkrebneva
Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Shkrebneva is the former First Lady of Russia and ex-wife of President Vladimir Putin.
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D.
Aleksandra Sokolovskaya
Aleksandra Sokolovskaya was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and early Bolshevik activist who was the first wife and political comrade of Leon Trotsky.
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E.
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova is a Soviet cosmonaut and engineer who became the first woman to fly in space, piloting Vostok 6 in 1963.
- 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: Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko Target entity description: Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko is a Ukrainian astronomer best known as the co-discoverer of the periodic comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the target of ESA’s Rosetta mission.
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A.
Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya
Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya was a Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union, celebrated for her resistance activities and martyrdom during World War II.
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B.
Valentina Goryacheva
Valentina Goryacheva is the widow of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and a Russian public figure who has been involved in preserving his legacy.
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C.
Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Shkrebneva
Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Shkrebneva is the former First Lady of Russia and ex-wife of President Vladimir Putin.
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D.
Aleksandra Sokolovskaya
Aleksandra Sokolovskaya was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and early Bolshevik activist who was the first wife and political comrade of Leon Trotsky.
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E.
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova is a Soviet cosmonaut and engineer who became the first woman to fly in space, piloting Vostok 6 in 1963.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ukrainian scientist
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astronomer ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Astronomical Observatory of Kyiv University
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Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University ⓘ
linked to:
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
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| associatedWith |
Rosetta space mission
ⓘ
linked to:
Rosetta
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| citizenship | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| coDiscovered |
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
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linked to:
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
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| coDiscovererOf |
short-period comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
ⓘ
linked to:
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Ukraine ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Kyiv University
ⓘ
linked to:
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
|
| familyName | Gerasimenko ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
ⓘ
cometary astronomy ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Svetlana ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
astrophysics
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planetary science ⓘ |
| hasDiscovered |
comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
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linked to:
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
several comets ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryDesignation | 67P ⓘ |
| hasFieldOfExpertise |
observational astronomy
ⓘ
small Solar System bodies ⓘ |
| hasNameInNativeLanguage |
Светлана Ивановна Герасименко
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Світлана Іванівна Герасименко ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudentOrCollaborator | Klim Ivanovich Churyumov ⓘ |
| hasWorkRecognizedBy | European Space Agency ⓘ |
| hasWorkUsedFor | target selection for Rosetta mission ⓘ |
| influencedDomain | study of cometary nuclei ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Russian
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Ukrainian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-discoverer of periodic comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
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contributions to Soviet and Ukrainian astronomy ⓘ research on comets ⓘ target comet of ESA Rosetta mission ⓘ |
| notableWork | co-discovery of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ |
| occupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| patronymicName | Ivanovna ⓘ |
| residence | Kyiv ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Kiev
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linked to:
Kyiv
Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University Observatory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko Description of subject: Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko is a Ukrainian astronomer best known as the co-discoverer of the periodic comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the target of ESA’s Rosetta mission.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.