Roche lobe
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The Roche lobe is the region around a star or other celestial body in a binary system within which orbiting material is gravitationally bound to that body, crucial for understanding mass transfer between binary companions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roche lobe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14889694 — 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: Roche lobe Context triple: [Édouard Roche, notableConcept, Roche lobe]
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A.
Segre basin
The Segre basin is the river basin in northeastern Spain drained by the Segre River, a major tributary of the Ebro, encompassing parts of the Pyrenees and surrounding regions.
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B.
Orion Bar
Orion Bar is a bright, elongated photodissociation region at the edge of the Orion Nebula, where intense ultraviolet radiation from young massive stars shapes and illuminates dense molecular gas and dust.
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C.
Barnard's Loop
Barnard's Loop is a large, faint emission nebula forming a sweeping arc across the constellation Orion, believed to be the remnant of ancient supernova activity.
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D.
Bonnor–Ebert mass
The Bonnor–Ebert mass is the maximum mass a pressure-confined, self-gravitating gas sphere can have while remaining in stable hydrostatic equilibrium before collapsing under its own gravity.
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E.
R Coronae Australis
R Coronae Australis is a young variable star embedded in the Corona Australis star-forming region, notable for its irregular brightness changes and association with reflection nebulosity.
- 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: Roche lobe Target entity description: The Roche lobe is the region around a star or other celestial body in a binary system within which orbiting material is gravitationally bound to that body, crucial for understanding mass transfer between binary companions.
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A.
Segre basin
The Segre basin is the river basin in northeastern Spain drained by the Segre River, a major tributary of the Ebro, encompassing parts of the Pyrenees and surrounding regions.
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B.
Orion Bar
Orion Bar is a bright, elongated photodissociation region at the edge of the Orion Nebula, where intense ultraviolet radiation from young massive stars shapes and illuminates dense molecular gas and dust.
-
C.
Barnard's Loop
Barnard's Loop is a large, faint emission nebula forming a sweeping arc across the constellation Orion, believed to be the remnant of ancient supernova activity.
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D.
Bonnor–Ebert mass
The Bonnor–Ebert mass is the maximum mass a pressure-confined, self-gravitating gas sphere can have while remaining in stable hydrostatic equilibrium before collapsing under its own gravity.
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E.
R Coronae Australis
R Coronae Australis is a young variable star embedded in the Corona Australis star-forming region, notable for its irregular brightness changes and association with reflection nebulosity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.