Fersman crater
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Fersman crater is an impact crater on the Moon, located on its far side and named after the Russian geochemist Alexander Fersman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fersman crater canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10036702 — 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: Fersman crater Context triple: [Levi-Civita crater, neighboringFeature, Fersman crater]
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A.
Vernadsky crater
Vernadsky crater is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Russian-Ukrainian mineralogist and geochemist Vladimir Vernadsky.
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B.
Krasovskiy crater
Krasovskiy crater is an impact crater on the far side of the Moon, noted for its relatively well-preserved rim and proximity to other prominent far-side craters.
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C.
Sechenov crater
Sechenov crater is an impact crater on the Moon located near the large Gagarin crater on the lunar far side.
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D.
Fizeau crater
Fizeau crater is a large impact crater on the far side of the Moon, named in honor of French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau.
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E.
Shoemaker crater
Shoemaker crater is a permanently shadowed impact crater near the Moon’s south pole, notable for its extreme cold and potential deposits of water ice.
- 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: Fersman crater Target entity description: Fersman crater is an impact crater on the Moon, located on its far side and named after the Russian geochemist Alexander Fersman.
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A.
Vernadsky crater
Vernadsky crater is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Russian-Ukrainian mineralogist and geochemist Vladimir Vernadsky.
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B.
Krasovskiy crater
Krasovskiy crater is an impact crater on the far side of the Moon, noted for its relatively well-preserved rim and proximity to other prominent far-side craters.
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C.
Sechenov crater
Sechenov crater is an impact crater on the Moon located near the large Gagarin crater on the lunar far side.
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D.
Fizeau crater
Fizeau crater is a large impact crater on the far side of the Moon, named in honor of French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau.
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E.
Shoemaker crater
Shoemaker crater is a permanently shadowed impact crater near the Moon’s south pole, notable for its extreme cold and potential deposits of water ice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| catalogIn |
IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
ⓘ
linked to:
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
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| hasCentralFeature | lacks prominent central peak ⓘ |
| hasColongitude | 214 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | selenographic coordinates ⓘ |
| hasDiameter | ~151 km ⓘ |
| hasEponym |
Alexander E. Fersman
ⓘ
linked to:
Alexander Fersman
|
| hasFloorFeature | relatively level interior floor ⓘ |
| hasGeologicOrigin | impact event ⓘ |
| hasInnerCrater |
Fersman P
ⓘ
Fersman Q ⓘ Fersman R ⓘ Fersman S ⓘ Fersman T ⓘ Fersman U ⓘ Fersman V ⓘ Fersman W ⓘ Fersman X ⓘ Fersman Y ⓘ Fersman Z ⓘ |
| hasQuadrangle | lunar far-side highlands region ⓘ |
| hasRimCondition | worn and eroded ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCraterNotationRule | letters placed on side of satellite crater midpoint closest to Fersman ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceType | lunar highlands ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon ⓘ |
| locatedOnSide | far side of the Moon ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alexander Fersman ⓘ |
| namedAfterOccupation | Russian geochemist ⓘ |
| observedByMission |
Apollo 15
ⓘ
Apollo 17 ⓘ Lunar Orbiter 5 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fersman crater Description of subject: Fersman crater is an impact crater on the Moon, located on its far side and named after the Russian geochemist Alexander Fersman.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.