65803 Didymos
E1181936
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65803 Didymos is a near-Earth binary asteroid system that served as the testbed for NASA’s DART planetary defense mission.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 65803 Didymos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15880767 — 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: 65803 Didymos Context triple: [DART spacecraft, targetPrimary, 65803 Didymos]
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A.
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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B.
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
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C.
Bennu
Bennu is an ancient Egyptian mythological bird associated with the sun, creation, and rebirth, often seen as a precursor or counterpart to the Greek phoenix.
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D.
asteroid 944 Hidalgo
Asteroid 944 Hidalgo is a large, eccentric, comet-like minor planet that orbits between the inner and outer solar system, making it one of the first known centaur objects.
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E.
asteroid 80 Sappho
Asteroid 80 Sappho is a large, dark main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named after the ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho.
- 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: 65803 Didymos Target entity description: 65803 Didymos is a near-Earth binary asteroid system that served as the testbed for NASA’s DART planetary defense mission.
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A.
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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B.
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
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C.
Bennu
Bennu is an ancient Egyptian mythological bird associated with the sun, creation, and rebirth, often seen as a precursor or counterpart to the Greek phoenix.
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D.
asteroid 944 Hidalgo
Asteroid 944 Hidalgo is a large, eccentric, comet-like minor planet that orbits between the inner and outer solar system, making it one of the first known centaur objects.
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E.
asteroid 80 Sappho
Asteroid 80 Sappho is a large, dark main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named after the ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.