Encke crater on the Moon
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Encke crater on the Moon is a relatively small, eroded lunar impact crater located in the Oceanus Procellarum region on the Moon’s near side.
All labels observed (1)
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| Encke crater on the Moon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14379980 — 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: Encke crater on the Moon Context triple: [Johann Franz Encke, namesake, Encke crater on the Moon]
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Lassell crater on the Moon
Lassell crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of the 19th-century English astronomer William Lassell, known for his discoveries of several planetary moons.
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Cassini crater on the Moon
Cassini crater on the Moon is a prominent lunar impact crater in the Moon’s northeastern near side, named in honor of the Italian-French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
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Foucault crater on the Moon
Foucault crater on the Moon is a small lunar impact crater named in honor of French physicist Léon Foucault, located near the Moon’s southwestern limb.
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D.
Messier crater on the Moon
Messier crater on the Moon is a distinctive, elongated lunar impact crater in Mare Fecunditatis, notable for its unusual shape and bright ray system.
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E.
McNair crater on the Moon
McNair crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 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: Encke crater on the Moon Target entity description: Encke crater on the Moon is a relatively small, eroded lunar impact crater located in the Oceanus Procellarum region on the Moon’s near side.
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A.
Lassell crater on the Moon
Lassell crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of the 19th-century English astronomer William Lassell, known for his discoveries of several planetary moons.
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B.
Cassini crater on the Moon
Cassini crater on the Moon is a prominent lunar impact crater in the Moon’s northeastern near side, named in honor of the Italian-French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
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C.
Foucault crater on the Moon
Foucault crater on the Moon is a small lunar impact crater named in honor of French physicist Léon Foucault, located near the Moon’s southwestern limb.
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D.
Messier crater on the Moon
Messier crater on the Moon is a distinctive, elongated lunar impact crater in Mare Fecunditatis, notable for its unusual shape and bright ray system.
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E.
McNair crater on the Moon
McNair crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.