Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
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Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers was a German physician and astronomer known for discovering several asteroids and formulating Olbers' paradox about why the night sky is dark.
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| Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12362430 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers Context triple: [4 Vesta, discoverer, Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers]
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Johann Elert Bode
Johann Elert Bode was an 18th–19th century German astronomer best known for popularizing the Titius–Bode law and for his influential star atlases and astronomical tables.
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Johann Galle
Johann Galle was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for making the first observational confirmation of the planet Neptune.
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C.
Friedrich Bessel
Friedrich Bessel was a German astronomer and mathematician renowned for his precise measurements of stellar positions and distances, including the first reliable determination of a star’s parallax.
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D.
Giuseppe Piazzi
Giuseppe Piazzi was an Italian Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician best known for discovering the dwarf planet Ceres in 1801.
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E.
Johann Franz Encke
Johann Franz Encke was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for his precise calculations of cometary orbits, including the periodic comet now named Encke's Comet.
- 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: Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers Target entity description: Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers was a German physician and astronomer known for discovering several asteroids and formulating Olbers' paradox about why the night sky is dark.
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A.
Johann Elert Bode
Johann Elert Bode was an 18th–19th century German astronomer best known for popularizing the Titius–Bode law and for his influential star atlases and astronomical tables.
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B.
Johann Galle
Johann Galle was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for making the first observational confirmation of the planet Neptune.
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C.
Friedrich Bessel
Friedrich Bessel was a German astronomer and mathematician renowned for his precise measurements of stellar positions and distances, including the first reliable determination of a star’s parallax.
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D.
Giuseppe Piazzi
Giuseppe Piazzi was an Italian Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician best known for discovering the dwarf planet Ceres in 1801.
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E.
Johann Franz Encke
Johann Franz Encke was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for his precise calculations of cometary orbits, including the periodic comet now named Encke's Comet.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.