asteroid (21900) Orus
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Asteroid (21900) Orus is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid located near Jupiter’s orbit that has been selected as one of the flyby targets of NASA’s Lucy mission to study the early solar system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| asteroid (21900) Orus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15880832 — 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: asteroid (21900) Orus Context triple: [Lucy spacecraft, willVisit, asteroid (21900) Orus]
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A.
asteroid 2101 Adonis
Asteroid 2101 Adonis is a near-Earth Apollo-type asteroid notable for its close approaches to Earth and its role in early studies of potentially hazardous objects.
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B.
asteroid 297 Caecilia
Asteroid 297 Caecilia is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named following the classical tradition of using female given names.
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C.
asteroid 1924 Horus
Asteroid 1924 Horus is a minor planet in the asteroid belt named after the ancient Egyptian sky god Horus.
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D.
asteroid 290 Bruna
Asteroid 290 Bruna is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named in honor of the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Bruna.
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E.
asteroid 1943 Anteros
Asteroid 1943 Anteros is a near-Earth Apollo-group asteroid notable for its relatively close approaches to Earth and its role in studies of asteroid orbits and compositions.
- 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: asteroid (21900) Orus Target entity description: Asteroid (21900) Orus is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid located near Jupiter’s orbit that has been selected as one of the flyby targets of NASA’s Lucy mission to study the early solar system.
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A.
asteroid 2101 Adonis
Asteroid 2101 Adonis is a near-Earth Apollo-type asteroid notable for its close approaches to Earth and its role in early studies of potentially hazardous objects.
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B.
asteroid 297 Caecilia
Asteroid 297 Caecilia is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named following the classical tradition of using female given names.
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C.
asteroid 1924 Horus
Asteroid 1924 Horus is a minor planet in the asteroid belt named after the ancient Egyptian sky god Horus.
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D.
asteroid 290 Bruna
Asteroid 290 Bruna is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named in honor of the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Bruna.
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E.
asteroid 1943 Anteros
Asteroid 1943 Anteros is a near-Earth Apollo-group asteroid notable for its relatively close approaches to Earth and its role in studies of asteroid orbits and compositions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.