crater Resnik on the Moon
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Crater Resnik on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut Judith Resnik, one of the crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| crater Resnik on the Moon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1853830 — 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: crater Resnik on the Moon Context triple: [Judith Resnik, memorial, crater Resnik on the Moon]
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A.
McNair crater on the Moon
McNair crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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B.
Gagarin crater on the Moon
Gagarin crater on the Moon is a large lunar impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space.
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C.
Baade lunar crater
Baade lunar crater is a large impact feature on the Moon’s far side named in honor of German astronomer Walter Baade.
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D.
Copernicus Crater on the Moon
Copernicus Crater on the Moon is a prominent, relatively young lunar impact crater in the Moon’s eastern Oceanus Procellarum region, named in honor of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
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E.
Hale crater on the Moon
Hale crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American solar astronomer George Ellery Hale.
- 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: crater Resnik on the Moon Target entity description: Crater Resnik on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut Judith Resnik, one of the crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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A.
McNair crater on the Moon
McNair crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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B.
Gagarin crater on the Moon
Gagarin crater on the Moon is a large lunar impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space.
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C.
Baade lunar crater
Baade lunar crater is a large impact feature on the Moon’s far side named in honor of German astronomer Walter Baade.
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D.
Copernicus Crater on the Moon
Copernicus Crater on the Moon is a prominent, relatively young lunar impact crater in the Moon’s eastern Oceanus Procellarum region, named in honor of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
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E.
Hale crater on the Moon
Hale crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American solar astronomer George Ellery Hale.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar impact crater
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lunar surface feature ⓘ |
| approvedBy | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Craters on the Moon
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Impact craters named for people ⓘ |
| celestialBodyType | lunar crater ⓘ |
| commemoratesEvent | Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ |
| featureType | impact crater ⓘ |
| formationProcess | meteoroid impact ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | selenographic coordinates ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
airless body
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vacuum ⓘ |
| hasEponymAffiliation | NASA ⓘ |
| hasEponymDeathContext | died in Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ |
| hasEponymGender | female ⓘ |
| hasEponymNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasEponymOccupation | astronaut ⓘ |
| hasEponymRole | Space Shuttle Challenger mission specialist ⓘ |
| hasNo |
atmosphere
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liquid water ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Resnik ⓘ |
| isPartOf | lunar topography ⓘ |
| locatedIn | lunar far side ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon ⓘ |
| memorialType | astronomical memorial ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Judith Resnik
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surface form:
Judith A. Resnik
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| namedToHonor |
Judith Resnik
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surface form:
Judith A. Resnik
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| observedBy | lunar orbiters ⓘ |
| orbitsWith | Moon–Earth system ⓘ |
| surfaceBody | lunar crust ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: crater Resnik on the Moon Description of subject: Crater Resnik on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut Judith Resnik, one of the crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.