Briggs (lunar crater)
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Briggs is a lunar impact crater located on the Moon's near side, known for its relatively worn rim and position near the western edge of Oceanus Procellarum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Briggs (lunar crater) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10672224 — 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: Briggs (lunar crater) Context triple: [Russell (lunar crater), adjacentTo, Briggs (lunar crater)]
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A.
Baade lunar crater
Baade lunar crater is a large impact feature on the Moon’s far side named in honor of German astronomer Walter Baade.
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B.
Murchison crater (Moon)
Murchison crater (Moon) is a large, ancient impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its heavily eroded walls and partially flooded floor.
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C.
Russell lunar crater
Russell is a large, heavily eroded lunar impact crater located near the western limb of the Moon.
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D.
Aitken crater
Aitken crater is a large impact crater on the Moon’s far side, best known as part of the immense South Pole–Aitken basin, one of the largest and oldest impact structures in the Solar System.
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E.
Levi-Civita crater
Levi-Civita crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, named after Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita.
- 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: Briggs (lunar crater) Target entity description: Briggs is a lunar impact crater located on the Moon's near side, known for its relatively worn rim and position near the western edge of Oceanus Procellarum.
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A.
Baade lunar crater
Baade lunar crater is a large impact feature on the Moon’s far side named in honor of German astronomer Walter Baade.
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B.
Murchison crater (Moon)
Murchison crater (Moon) is a large, ancient impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its heavily eroded walls and partially flooded floor.
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C.
Russell lunar crater
Russell is a large, heavily eroded lunar impact crater located near the western limb of the Moon.
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D.
Aitken crater
Aitken crater is a large impact crater on the Moon’s far side, best known as part of the immense South Pole–Aitken basin, one of the largest and oldest impact structures in the Solar System.
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E.
Levi-Civita crater
Levi-Civita crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, named after Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar impact crater
ⓘ
lunar surface feature ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | IAU lunar nomenclature ⓘ |
| eponym | Henry Briggs ⓘ |
| hasAlbedo | similar to surrounding terrain ⓘ |
| hasColongitude | ~70 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | selenographic coordinates ⓘ |
| hasDiameter | ~37 km ⓘ |
| hasIAUNameApprovalYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| hasInterior | relatively level floor ⓘ |
| hasInteriorFeature | few notable interior craters ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalState | heavily worn ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | impact event ⓘ |
| hasOuterWall |
irregular
ⓘ
rounded ⓘ |
| hasQuadrant | western lunar near side ⓘ |
| hasRimCondition |
eroded
ⓘ
worn ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Briggs A
ⓘ
Briggs B ⓘ
linked to:
Briggs A
Briggs C ⓘ
linked to:
Briggs A
Briggs D ⓘ
linked to:
Briggs A
|
| isPartOf | lunar near-side crater system ⓘ |
| liesNear | western limb of the Moon ⓘ |
| liesSouthOf | Lavoisier (lunar crater) ⓘ |
| liesWestOf | Kepler (lunar crater) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oceanus Procellarum region
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceanus Procellarum
|
| locatedNear | western edge of Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Moon
ⓘ
near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Henry Briggs ⓘ |
| observedIn | lunar telescopic observations ⓘ |
| surfaceType | lunar mare-adjacent crater ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Earth ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Briggs (lunar crater) Description of subject: Briggs is a lunar impact crater located on the Moon's near side, known for its relatively worn rim and position near the western edge of Oceanus Procellarum.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Russell lunar crater