Minor Planet Center database
E381550
The Minor Planet Center database is the central international repository that collects, maintains, and disseminates observational and orbital data for asteroids, comets, and other small Solar System bodies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Minor Planet Center | 8 |
| Minor Planet Center database canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3724035 — 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: Minor Planet Center database Context triple: [Varuna, cataloguedIn, Minor Planet Center database]
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A.
UNDSS
UNDSS is the United Nations department responsible for providing leadership, operational support, and oversight of the UN’s security management system to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and operations worldwide.
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B.
ESA Planetary Science Archive
The ESA Planetary Science Archive is the European Space Agency’s central online repository for storing, managing, and providing access to scientific data from its planetary exploration missions.
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C.
NASA Exoplanet Archive
The NASA Exoplanet Archive is an online database and research tool that compiles and provides access to confirmed exoplanet discoveries and related observational data for the scientific community.
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D.
ADS (Astrophysics Data System)
ADS (Astrophysics Data System) is a NASA-funded digital library and search platform that provides comprehensive access to scholarly literature in astronomy, astrophysics, and related physics disciplines.
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E.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs are comprehensive astronomical catalogs that provide precise positional and photometric data for millions of stars, widely used for research and satellite tracking.
- 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: Minor Planet Center database Target entity description: The Minor Planet Center database is the central international repository that collects, maintains, and disseminates observational and orbital data for asteroids, comets, and other small Solar System bodies.
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A.
UNDSS
UNDSS is the United Nations department responsible for providing leadership, operational support, and oversight of the UN’s security management system to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and operations worldwide.
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B.
ESA Planetary Science Archive
The ESA Planetary Science Archive is the European Space Agency’s central online repository for storing, managing, and providing access to scientific data from its planetary exploration missions.
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C.
NASA Exoplanet Archive
The NASA Exoplanet Archive is an online database and research tool that compiles and provides access to confirmed exoplanet discoveries and related observational data for the scientific community.
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D.
ADS (Astrophysics Data System)
ADS (Astrophysics Data System) is a NASA-funded digital library and search platform that provides comprehensive access to scholarly literature in astronomy, astrophysics, and related physics disciplines.
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E.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs are comprehensive astronomical catalogs that provide precise positional and photometric data for millions of stars, widely used for research and satellite tracking.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical database
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scientific data repository ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
downloadable data files
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online services ⓘ web-based query tools ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataSource |
amateur astronomers
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professional observatories ⓘ space-based telescopes ⓘ survey programs ⓘ |
| dataType |
astrometric observations
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designations of small bodies ⓘ discovery circumstances ⓘ ephemerides ⓘ identifications and cross-identifications ⓘ orbital elements ⓘ photometric observations ⓘ |
| domain | small Solar System bodies ⓘ |
| field |
astronomy
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planetary science ⓘ |
| hostInstitution |
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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surface form:
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
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| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Minor Planet Center database
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surface form:
Minor Planet Center
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| primaryFunction |
collect observational data
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disseminate small-body data ⓘ maintain orbital elements ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| role |
central international repository for small-body observations
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official worldwide archive for comet observations ⓘ official worldwide archive for minor planet observations ⓘ |
| storesDataOn |
Centaurs
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asteroids ⓘ comets ⓘ distant minor planets ⓘ interstellar objects ⓘ natural satellites of planets ⓘ near-Earth objects ⓘ temporary captured objects ⓘ trans-Neptunian objects ⓘ |
| supportsCommunity | global astronomical community ⓘ |
| supportsPublication |
MPECs
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Minor Planet Circulars ⓘ Minor Planet Circulars ⓘ
surface form:
Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
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| usedFor |
discovery confirmation
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impact risk assessment support ⓘ object identification ⓘ orbit determination ⓘ |
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: Minor Planet Center database Description of subject: The Minor Planet Center database is the central international repository that collects, maintains, and disseminates observational and orbital data for asteroids, comets, and other small Solar System bodies.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Minor Planet Center
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