OCAMS
E850184
OCAMS is the suite of three optical cameras on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft used to image, map, and characterize the asteroid Bennu.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OCAMS canonical | 4 |
| OCAMS camera suite | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10211997 — 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: OCAMS Context triple: [OSIRIS-REx, scienceInstrument, OCAMS]
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A.
OmegaCAM
OmegaCAM is a wide-field optical imaging camera designed for large-scale astronomical surveys, mounted on the VLT Survey Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.
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B.
VIRCAM
VIRCAM is the wide-field infrared camera used on the VISTA telescope to conduct large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
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C.
MegaCam
MegaCam is a wide-field optical imaging camera used for deep-sky astronomical surveys on the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope.
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D.
Faint Object Camera
The Faint Object Camera was a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to observe very dim and distant astronomical objects in ultraviolet and visible light.
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E.
Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope
The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope is a robotic telescope best known for its role in automated sky surveys and the discovery of numerous supernovae.
- 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: OCAMS Target entity description: OCAMS is the suite of three optical cameras on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft used to image, map, and characterize the asteroid Bennu.
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A.
OmegaCAM
OmegaCAM is a wide-field optical imaging camera designed for large-scale astronomical surveys, mounted on the VLT Survey Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.
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B.
VIRCAM
VIRCAM is the wide-field infrared camera used on the VISTA telescope to conduct large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
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C.
MegaCam
MegaCam is a wide-field optical imaging camera used for deep-sky astronomical surveys on the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope.
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D.
Faint Object Camera
The Faint Object Camera was a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to observe very dim and distant astronomical objects in ultraviolet and visible light.
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E.
Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope
The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope is a robotic telescope best known for its role in automated sky surveys and the discovery of numerous supernovae.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
camera suite
ⓘ
scientific instrument ⓘ spacecraft instrument ⓘ |
| dataType |
multispectral images
ⓘ
optical images ⓘ |
| developedForMission |
OSIRIS-REx
ⓘ
linked to:
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
|
| fullName | OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
MapCam
ⓘ
PolyCam ⓘ SamCam ⓘ |
| hostMissionName | Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer ⓘ |
| hostMissionType | asteroid sample-return mission ⓘ |
| hostSpacecraftAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| missionTarget | Bennu ⓘ |
| numberOfCameras | 3 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
OSIRIS-REx
ⓘ
linked to:
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
|
| primaryTargetName |
(101955) Bennu
ⓘ
linked to:
Bennu
|
| primaryTargetType | near-Earth asteroid ⓘ |
| roleInMissionPhase |
approach imaging
ⓘ
reconnaissance of candidate sampling sites ⓘ sample acquisition documentation ⓘ survey mapping ⓘ |
| scienceObjective |
characterization of Bennu surface properties
ⓘ
global mapping of Bennu ⓘ site selection for sample collection ⓘ support of sample acquisition documentation ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| usedFor |
characterizing asteroid Bennu
ⓘ
imaging asteroid Bennu ⓘ mapping asteroid Bennu ⓘ |
| usedOn |
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
ⓘ
linked to:
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
|
| wavelengthRange | visible light ⓘ |
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: OCAMS Description of subject: OCAMS is the suite of three optical cameras on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft used to image, map, and characterize the asteroid Bennu.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.