3808 Tempel
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3808 Tempel is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the 19th-century German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel, known for his discovery of several comets and nebulae.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 3808 Tempel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14199733 — 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: 3808 Tempel Context triple: [Wilhelm Tempel, hasAsteroidNamedAfterHim, 3808 Tempel]
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A.
1604 Tombaugh
1604 Tombaugh is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
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B.
Wilhelm Tempel
Wilhelm Tempel was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for discovering several comets and asteroids despite having no formal scientific education.
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C.
asteroid 1945 Wesselink
Asteroid 1945 Wesselink is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Dutch astronomer Adriaan Wesselink.
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D.
asteroid 4179 Toutatis
Asteroid 4179 Toutatis is a near-Earth, tumbling, elongated asteroid known for its close approaches to Earth and detailed radar imaging that revealed its distinctive contact-binary shape.
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E.
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.
- 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: 3808 Tempel Target entity description: 3808 Tempel is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the 19th-century German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel, known for his discovery of several comets and nebulae.
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A.
1604 Tombaugh
1604 Tombaugh is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
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B.
Wilhelm Tempel
Wilhelm Tempel was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for discovering several comets and asteroids despite having no formal scientific education.
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C.
asteroid 1945 Wesselink
Asteroid 1945 Wesselink is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Dutch astronomer Adriaan Wesselink.
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D.
asteroid 4179 Toutatis
Asteroid 4179 Toutatis is a near-Earth, tumbling, elongated asteroid known for its close approaches to Earth and detailed radar imaging that revealed its distinctive contact-binary shape.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.