Parker Solar Probe
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Parker Solar Probe is a NASA spacecraft designed to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere by flying closer to it than any previous mission, enduring extreme heat and radiation to investigate solar wind and space weather.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Parker Solar Probe canonical | 7 |
| NASA Parker Solar Probe | 1 |
| Parker Solar Probe mission | 1 |
| Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1197563 — 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: Parker Solar Probe Context triple: [Deep Space Network, notableMissionSupported, Parker Solar Probe]
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A.
BepiColombo mission
The BepiColombo mission is a joint ESA–JAXA spacecraft mission designed to study the planet Mercury’s composition, magnetic field, and environment through dual orbiters.
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B.
Voyager 1
Voyager 1 is a NASA space probe launched in 1977 that became the most distant human-made object in space, conducting historic flybys of Jupiter and Saturn and now exploring interstellar space.
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C.
Nomad space probe
The Nomad space probe is a fictional, highly advanced robotic spacecraft from the Star Trek universe that becomes a powerful and dangerous hybrid entity after merging with an alien probe.
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D.
Magellan spacecraft
The Magellan spacecraft was a NASA robotic probe launched in 1989 that used radar mapping to produce the first detailed global images of the surface of Venus.
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E.
Pioneer 10
Pioneer 10 is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that became the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and make a direct observation of Jupiter before heading into interstellar space.
- 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: Parker Solar Probe Target entity description: Parker Solar Probe is a NASA spacecraft designed to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere by flying closer to it than any previous mission, enduring extreme heat and radiation to investigate solar wind and space weather.
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A.
BepiColombo mission
The BepiColombo mission is a joint ESA–JAXA spacecraft mission designed to study the planet Mercury’s composition, magnetic field, and environment through dual orbiters.
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B.
Voyager 1
Voyager 1 is a NASA space probe launched in 1977 that became the most distant human-made object in space, conducting historic flybys of Jupiter and Saturn and now exploring interstellar space.
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C.
Nomad space probe
The Nomad space probe is a fictional, highly advanced robotic spacecraft from the Star Trek universe that becomes a powerful and dangerous hybrid entity after merging with an alien probe.
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D.
Magellan spacecraft
The Magellan spacecraft was a NASA robotic probe launched in 1989 that used radar mapping to produce the first detailed global images of the surface of Venus.
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E.
Pioneer 10
Pioneer 10 is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that became the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and make a direct observation of Jupiter before heading into interstellar space.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space probe
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spacecraft ⓘ |
| agency |
Goddard Space Flight Center
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (project management)
|
| closestApproachToSun | closer than any previous spacecraft ⓘ |
| communicationBand |
Ka-band
ⓘ
X-band ⓘ |
| designOperatingTemperature | about 30 degrees Celsius behind heat shield ⓘ |
| FIELDSFullName | FIELDS: Electromagnetic Fields Investigation ⓘ |
| firstSolarEncounter | 2018-10-31 ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
FIELDS
ⓘ
ISʘIS ⓘ SWEAP ⓘ WISPR ⓘ |
| heatShieldDiameter | about 2.3 meters ⓘ |
| heatShieldMaterial | carbon–carbon composite ⓘ |
| heatShieldThickness | about 11.4 centimeters ⓘ |
| heatShieldType | Thermal Protection System ⓘ |
| ISʘISFullName | Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| launchDate | 2018-08-12 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral LC-37B
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37B
|
| launchVehicle |
Delta IV Heavy
ⓘ
Star 48BV upper stage ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ⓘ |
| maxExternalTemperature | about 1370 degrees Celsius ⓘ |
| maxSpeedPlanned | over 190 kilometers per second ⓘ |
| missionCost | approximately 1.5 billion US dollars ⓘ |
| missionDurationPlanned | about 7 years ⓘ |
| missionEndPlanned | mid-2020s ⓘ |
| missionType |
heliophysics mission
ⓘ
solar observation mission ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Eugene N. Parker
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surface form:
Eugene Parker
|
| numberOfPlannedVenusFlybys | 7 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| perihelionDistance |
approximately 6.16 million kilometers from Sun center
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approximately 9.86 solar radii ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
improve understanding of space weather
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investigate solar wind ⓘ study mechanisms that accelerate solar wind ⓘ study mechanisms that heat the solar corona ⓘ study solar corona ⓘ |
| program |
Living With a Star program
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surface form:
NASA Living With a Star program
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| record |
fastest human-made object relative to the Sun
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first spacecraft to fly through the Sun’s corona ⓘ |
| scienceDiscipline |
solar physics
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space weather research ⓘ |
| SWEAPFullName | Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons Investigation ⓘ |
| target | Sun ⓘ |
| usesGravityAssistsFrom | Venus ⓘ |
| WISPRFullName |
Parker Solar Probe
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Parker Solar Probe Description of subject: Parker Solar Probe is a NASA spacecraft designed to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere by flying closer to it than any previous mission, enduring extreme heat and radiation to investigate solar wind and space weather.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NASA Parker Solar Probe
subject surface form:
Deep Space Network
this entity surface form:
Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe
this entity surface form:
Parker Solar Probe mission