asteroid 1946 Walraven
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Asteroid 1946 Walraven is a minor planet in our solar system named in honor of Dutch astronomer Theodorus Walraven.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| asteroid 1946 Walraven canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10983117 — 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: asteroid 1946 Walraven Context triple: [Eugène Delporte, discovered, asteroid 1946 Walraven]
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A.
asteroid 1943 Anteros
Asteroid 1943 Anteros is a near-Earth Apollo-group asteroid notable for its relatively close approaches to Earth and its role in studies of asteroid orbits and compositions.
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B.
asteroid 1945 Wesselink
Asteroid 1945 Wesselink is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Dutch astronomer Adriaan Wesselink.
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C.
asteroid 1940 Whipple
Asteroid 1940 Whipple is a minor planet in our solar system named in honor of American astronomer Fred Whipple, known for his work on comets.
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D.
asteroid 1934 Jeffers
Asteroid 1934 Jeffers is a minor planet in the asteroid belt named in honor of American astronomer Hamilton Jeffers.
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E.
asteroid 1947 Iso-Heikkilä
Asteroid 1947 Iso-Heikkilä is a minor planet in the asteroid belt named in honor of the Iso-Heikkilä Observatory in Turku, Finland.
- 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: asteroid 1946 Walraven Target entity description: Asteroid 1946 Walraven is a minor planet in our solar system named in honor of Dutch astronomer Theodorus Walraven.
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A.
asteroid 1943 Anteros
Asteroid 1943 Anteros is a near-Earth Apollo-group asteroid notable for its relatively close approaches to Earth and its role in studies of asteroid orbits and compositions.
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B.
asteroid 1945 Wesselink
Asteroid 1945 Wesselink is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Dutch astronomer Adriaan Wesselink.
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C.
asteroid 1940 Whipple
Asteroid 1940 Whipple is a minor planet in our solar system named in honor of American astronomer Fred Whipple, known for his work on comets.
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D.
asteroid 1934 Jeffers
Asteroid 1934 Jeffers is a minor planet in the asteroid belt named in honor of American astronomer Hamilton Jeffers.
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E.
asteroid 1947 Iso-Heikkilä
Asteroid 1947 Iso-Heikkilä is a minor planet in the asteroid belt named in honor of the Iso-Heikkilä Observatory in Turku, Finland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asteroid
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astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ main-belt asteroid ⓘ minor planet ⓘ |
| belongsTo | population of main-belt asteroids ⓘ |
| celestialBodyType | asteroid ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | astronomy ⓘ |
| hasName | Walraven ⓘ |
| minorPlanetNumber | 1946 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Dutch astronomer Theodorus Walraven
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Theodorus Walraven ⓘ |
| namedForNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| orbitalRegion | asteroid belt ⓘ |
| orbits | Sun ⓘ |
| partOf | Solar System ⓘ |
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: asteroid 1946 Walraven Description of subject: Asteroid 1946 Walraven is a minor planet in our solar system named in honor of Dutch astronomer Theodorus Walraven.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.