Milutin Milanković
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Milutin Milanković was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and climatologist best known for his theory of long-term climate cycles driven by variations in Earth's orbit, now called Milankovitch cycles.
All labels observed (1)
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| Milutin Milanković canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Milutin Milanković Context triple: [Revised Julian calendar, proposedBy, Milutin Milanković]
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A.
Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijić was a prominent Serbian geographer and ethnologist known for his pioneering work on the geography and ethnography of the Balkan Peninsula.
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B.
Fritz Zwicky
Fritz Zwicky was a Swiss astronomer and physicist best known for pioneering work on dark matter, supernovae, and galaxy clusters, profoundly shaping modern astrophysics.
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C.
Vladimir Vernadsky
Vladimir Vernadsky was a pioneering Russian and Soviet scientist best known as one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and the concept of the biosphere.
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D.
Josef Stefan
Josef Stefan was a 19th-century Austrian physicist best known for formulating the Stefan–Boltzmann law relating the temperature of a black body to its radiant energy.
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E.
Wilhelm Keppler
Wilhelm Keppler was a German industrialist and early economic adviser to Adolf Hitler who became a prominent Nazi official involved in the regime’s economic and industrial policies.
- 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: Milutin Milanković Target entity description: Milutin Milanković was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and climatologist best known for his theory of long-term climate cycles driven by variations in Earth's orbit, now called Milankovitch cycles.
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A.
Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijić was a prominent Serbian geographer and ethnologist known for his pioneering work on the geography and ethnography of the Balkan Peninsula.
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B.
Fritz Zwicky
Fritz Zwicky was a Swiss astronomer and physicist best known for pioneering work on dark matter, supernovae, and galaxy clusters, profoundly shaping modern astrophysics.
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C.
Vladimir Vernadsky
Vladimir Vernadsky was a pioneering Russian and Soviet scientist best known as one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and the concept of the biosphere.
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D.
Josef Stefan
Josef Stefan was a 19th-century Austrian physicist best known for formulating the Stefan–Boltzmann law relating the temperature of a black body to its radiant energy.
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E.
Wilhelm Keppler
Wilhelm Keppler was a German industrialist and early economic adviser to Adolf Hitler who became a prominent Nazi official involved in the regime’s economic and industrial policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomer
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climatologist ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ university professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in technical sciences ⓘ |
| buriedAt | Belgrade New Cemetery ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
asteroid 1605 Milankovitch
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crater Milankovic on Mars ⓘ crater Milankovic on the Moon ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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surface form:
Austria-Hungary
Serbia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1879-05-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1958-12-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Vienna University of Technology ⓘ |
| employer | University of Belgrade ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Serbs ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
ⓘ
celestial mechanics ⓘ civil engineering ⓘ climatology ⓘ mathematics ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
orbital mechanics
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planetary climatology ⓘ |
| hasTheory | astronomical theory of climate ⓘ |
| influenced |
climate science
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glaciology ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
James Croll
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Joseph Adhémar ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Milankovitch cycles
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astronomical theory of ice ages ⓘ theory of climate change based on orbital variations ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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German ⓘ Serbian language ⓘ
surface form:
Serbian
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| memberOf |
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts ⓘ
surface form:
Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts
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| notableWork |
Milankovitch cycles
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surface form:
Kanon der Erdbestrahlung und seine Anwendung auf das Eiszeitenproblem
Théorie mathématique des phénomènes thermiques produits par la radiation solaire ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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surface form:
Austria-Hungary
Dalj ⓘ Kingdom of Croatia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
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| placeOfDeath |
Belgrade
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Yugoslavia ⓘ
surface form:
FPR Yugoslavia
Socialist Republic of Serbia ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of applied mathematics ⓘ |
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Subject: Milutin Milanković Description of subject: Milutin Milanković was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and climatologist best known for his theory of long-term climate cycles driven by variations in Earth's orbit, now called Milankovitch cycles.
Referenced by (5)
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