Viking-4B
E1247190
UNEXPLORED
Viking-4B is a liquid-fueled rocket engine used as the second-stage propulsion system on the European Ariane 1 launch vehicle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Viking-4B canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16920480 — 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: Viking-4B Context triple: [Ariane 1, secondStageEngine, Viking-4B]
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A.
Viking 2
Viking 2 was a NASA spacecraft and lander that conducted scientific investigations on the surface of Mars as part of the Viking program in the 1970s.
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B.
Viking Orbiter
Viking Orbiter was a pair of NASA spacecraft launched in the 1970s that orbited Mars to map its surface, study its atmosphere, and support the Viking landers.
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C.
Viking 1
Viking 1 was a NASA spacecraft that became the first successful lander on Mars, conducting detailed imaging and scientific experiments on the Martian surface starting in 1976.
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D.
Venera 14
Venera 14 was a Soviet space probe launched in 1981 that successfully landed on Venus, conducting experiments and transmitting data and images from the planet’s surface.
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E.
Venera 15
Venera 15 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1983 that orbited Venus to conduct detailed radar mapping of the planet’s northern hemisphere.
- 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: Viking-4B Target entity description: Viking-4B is a liquid-fueled rocket engine used as the second-stage propulsion system on the European Ariane 1 launch vehicle.
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A.
Viking 2
Viking 2 was a NASA spacecraft and lander that conducted scientific investigations on the surface of Mars as part of the Viking program in the 1970s.
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B.
Viking Orbiter
Viking Orbiter was a pair of NASA spacecraft launched in the 1970s that orbited Mars to map its surface, study its atmosphere, and support the Viking landers.
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C.
Viking 1
Viking 1 was a NASA spacecraft that became the first successful lander on Mars, conducting detailed imaging and scientific experiments on the Martian surface starting in 1976.
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D.
Venera 14
Venera 14 was a Soviet space probe launched in 1981 that successfully landed on Venus, conducting experiments and transmitting data and images from the planet’s surface.
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E.
Venera 15
Venera 15 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1983 that orbited Venus to conduct detailed radar mapping of the planet’s northern hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.