Lunar Orbiter 3
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Lunar Orbiter 3 was a NASA unmanned spacecraft launched in 1967 to photograph the Moon’s surface in preparation for the Apollo landing missions.
All labels observed (1)
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| Lunar Orbiter 3 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16296993 — 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: Lunar Orbiter 3 Context triple: [Lunar Orbiter program, hasPart, Lunar Orbiter 3]
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A.
Lunar Orbiter 2
Lunar Orbiter 2 was a NASA unmanned spacecraft launched in 1966 to photograph the Moon’s surface in high resolution for Apollo landing site selection and scientific study.
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B.
Lunar Orbiter program
The Lunar Orbiter program was a series of 1960s NASA robotic missions that photographed and mapped the Moon’s surface in preparation for the Apollo landings.
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C.
Surveyor 3
Surveyor 3 was a 1967 NASA robotic lunar lander that successfully touched down on the Moon to test landing techniques and analyze the lunar surface ahead of the Apollo missions.
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D.
Luna 12
Luna 12 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft launched in 1966 that successfully entered lunar orbit and returned detailed photographs of the Moon’s surface.
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E.
Luna 18
Luna 18 was a Soviet unmanned lunar probe from the Luna program, launched in 1971 to conduct scientific exploration of the Moon’s surface and environment.
- 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: Lunar Orbiter 3 Target entity description: Lunar Orbiter 3 was a NASA unmanned spacecraft launched in 1967 to photograph the Moon’s surface in preparation for the Apollo landing missions.
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A.
Lunar Orbiter 2
Lunar Orbiter 2 was a NASA unmanned spacecraft launched in 1966 to photograph the Moon’s surface in high resolution for Apollo landing site selection and scientific study.
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B.
Lunar Orbiter program
The Lunar Orbiter program was a series of 1960s NASA robotic missions that photographed and mapped the Moon’s surface in preparation for the Apollo landings.
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C.
Surveyor 3
Surveyor 3 was a 1967 NASA robotic lunar lander that successfully touched down on the Moon to test landing techniques and analyze the lunar surface ahead of the Apollo missions.
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D.
Luna 12
Luna 12 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft launched in 1966 that successfully entered lunar orbit and returned detailed photographs of the Moon’s surface.
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E.
Luna 18
Luna 18 was a Soviet unmanned lunar probe from the Luna program, launched in 1971 to conduct scientific exploration of the Moon’s surface and environment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.