Asteroid 1762 Russell
E251517
Asteroid 1762 Russell is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell, known for his work on stellar classification and the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Asteroid 1762 Russell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2264884 — 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: Asteroid 1762 Russell Context triple: [Henry Norris Russell, hasHonorificName, Asteroid 1762 Russell]
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A.
asteroid 1501 Baade
Asteroid 1501 Baade is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the German astronomer Walter Baade, known for his work on stellar populations and the scale of the universe.
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B.
asteroid 944 Hidalgo
Asteroid 944 Hidalgo is a large, eccentric, comet-like minor planet that orbits between the inner and outer solar system, making it one of the first known centaur objects.
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C.
asteroid 1036 Ganymed
Asteroid 1036 Ganymed is a large near-Earth Amor-type asteroid and the largest known near-Earth object, notable for its highly eccentric orbit and close approaches to Mars and Earth.
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D.
asteroid 3356 Resnik
Asteroid 3356 Resnik is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronaut Judith Resnik, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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E.
11757 Fizeau
11757 Fizeau is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau, known for his pioneering work on the speed of light.
- 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: Asteroid 1762 Russell Target entity description: Asteroid 1762 Russell is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell, known for his work on stellar classification and the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
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A.
asteroid 1501 Baade
Asteroid 1501 Baade is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the German astronomer Walter Baade, known for his work on stellar populations and the scale of the universe.
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B.
asteroid 944 Hidalgo
Asteroid 944 Hidalgo is a large, eccentric, comet-like minor planet that orbits between the inner and outer solar system, making it one of the first known centaur objects.
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C.
asteroid 1036 Ganymed
Asteroid 1036 Ganymed is a large near-Earth Amor-type asteroid and the largest known near-Earth object, notable for its highly eccentric orbit and close approaches to Mars and Earth.
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D.
asteroid 3356 Resnik
Asteroid 3356 Resnik is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronaut Judith Resnik, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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E.
11757 Fizeau
11757 Fizeau is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau, known for his pioneering work on the speed of light.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asteroid
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astronomer ⓘ main-belt asteroid ⓘ minor planet ⓘ |
| belongsTo | main asteroid belt ⓘ |
| category | Main-belt asteroids ⓘ |
| celestialBodyType | asteroid ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | astronomy ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | (1762) Russell ⓘ |
| hasEponym | Henry Norris Russell ⓘ |
| hasMinorPlanetNumber | 1762 ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalRegion | main belt ⓘ |
| honors | Henry Norris Russell ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Solar System ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram
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stellar classification ⓘ |
| locatedIn | asteroid belt ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Henry Norris Russell ⓘ |
| namedForCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| namedForFieldOfWork | astronomy ⓘ |
| namedForKnownFor |
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram
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stellar classification ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| orbits | Sun ⓘ |
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: Asteroid 1762 Russell Description of subject: Asteroid 1762 Russell is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell, known for his work on stellar classification and the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.