asteroid 1552 Bessel
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Asteroid 1552 Bessel is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the German astronomer and mathematician Friedrich Bessel, known for his pioneering work in astrometry and Bessel functions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| asteroid 1552 Bessel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6250971 — 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 1552 Bessel Context triple: [Friedrich Bessel, hasEponym, asteroid 1552 Bessel]
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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 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
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C.
Asteroid 1762 Russell
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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D.
asteroid 1120 Cannonia
Asteroid 1120 Cannonia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Annie Jump Cannon, renowned for her pioneering work in stellar classification.
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E.
asteroid 1604 Tombaugh
Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
- 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 1552 Bessel Target entity description: Asteroid 1552 Bessel is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the German astronomer and mathematician Friedrich Bessel, known for his pioneering work in astrometry and Bessel functions.
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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 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
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C.
Asteroid 1762 Russell
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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D.
asteroid 1120 Cannonia
Asteroid 1120 Cannonia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Annie Jump Cannon, renowned for her pioneering work in stellar classification.
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E.
asteroid 1604 Tombaugh
Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asteroid
ⓘ
main-belt asteroid ⓘ |
| belongsToDynamicalClass | main-belt ⓘ |
| celestialBodyCategory | minor planet ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | Heidelberg Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | optical observation ⓘ |
| discoverySite | Königstuhl Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAbsoluteMagnitude | 12.0 ⓘ |
| hasAlbedo | 0.20 ⓘ |
| hasAphelionDistance | about 2.77 AU ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDiameter | about 11 kilometers ⓘ |
| hasDiscoverer | Karl Reinmuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasName | Bessel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalEccentricity | 0.18 ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalInclination | 12.0 degrees ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalPeriod |
3.6 years
ⓘ
about 1310 days ⓘ |
| hasPerihelionDistance | about 1.93 AU ⓘ |
| hasRotationPeriod | about 7.8 hours ⓘ |
| hasSemiMajorAxis | 2.35 AU ⓘ |
| hasSpectralType | S-type asteroid ⓘ |
| honorsWorkIn |
Bessel functions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
astrometry ⓘ |
| locatedIn | asteroid belt ⓘ |
| minorPlanetNumber | 1552 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Friedrich Bessel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedForNationality | German ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation |
astronomer
ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ |
| orbits | Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 1552 Bessel Description of subject: Asteroid 1552 Bessel is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the German astronomer and mathematician Friedrich Bessel, known for his pioneering work in astrometry and Bessel functions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.