Murchison crater (Moon)
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Murchison crater (Moon) is a large, ancient impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its heavily eroded walls and partially flooded floor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Murchison crater (Moon) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5536306 — 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: Murchison crater (Moon) Context triple: [Roderick Murchison, namesakeOf, Murchison crater (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.
von Kármán crater on the Moon
Von Kármán crater on the Moon is a large impact crater on the lunar far side, notable as the landing site of China’s Chang’e 4 mission and named in honor of aerospace engineer Theodore von Kármán.
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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.
Ernst Mach crater
Ernst Mach crater is a large impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of the Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.
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E.
Pavlov crater
Pavlov crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, located near the prominent Gagarin crater.
- 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: Murchison crater (Moon) Target entity description: Murchison crater (Moon) is a large, ancient impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its heavily eroded walls and partially flooded floor.
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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.
von Kármán crater on the Moon
Von Kármán crater on the Moon is a large impact crater on the lunar far side, notable as the landing site of China’s Chang’e 4 mission and named in honor of aerospace engineer Theodore von Kármán.
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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.
Ernst Mach crater
Ernst Mach crater is a large impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of the Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.
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E.
Pavlov crater
Pavlov crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, located near the prominent Gagarin crater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar impact crater
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walled plain ⓘ |
| catalogCode | IAU-approved lunar feature ⓘ |
| colongitude | 356 ⓘ |
| diameter | 58 km ⓘ |
| eponym | Roderick Impey Murchison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featureType | crater ⓘ |
| hasAgeCharacteristic | ancient ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
heavily eroded walls
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partially flooded floor ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
broken walls
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irregular rim ⓘ lava-flooded interior ⓘ |
| hasRimState | worn and rounded ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Murchison A
NERFINISHED
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Murchison B NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison C NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison D NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison E NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison F NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison G NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison H NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison K NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison L NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison N NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison P NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison R NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison S NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison T NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison U NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison V NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison W NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison X NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison Y NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison Z NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interiorFilledBy | mare basalt ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Chladni crater (Moon)
NERFINISHED
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Flammarion crater (Moon) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hipparchus crater (Moon) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mare Insularum NERFINISHED ⓘ Mare Vaporum NERFINISHED ⓘ Pallas crater (Moon) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinus Medii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnSideOfMoon | near side ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Roderick Murchison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn |
Apollo mission photographs
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Lunar Orbiter images ⓘ |
| overlainBy | lava flows ⓘ |
| quadrangle | LQ11 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Murchison crater (Moon) Description of subject: Murchison crater (Moon) is a large, ancient impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its heavily eroded walls and partially flooded floor.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.