Aldebaran B
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Aldebaran B is a suspected low-mass stellar or substellar companion in the Aldebaran star system, inferred from subtle gravitational effects on the primary star.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aldebaran b | 2 |
| Aldebaran B canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6287369 — 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: Aldebaran B Context triple: [Aldebaran, hasCompanion, Aldebaran B]
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A.
Aldebaran
Aldebaran is a bright orange giant star in the constellation Taurus, known as one of the most prominent stars in the night sky.
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B.
Aludra
Aludra is a bright blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, known for its high luminosity and relatively short remaining lifespan.
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C.
Beta Doradus
Beta Doradus is a bright classical Cepheid variable star in the southern constellation Dorado, notable as an important standard candle for measuring cosmic distances.
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D.
Saiph
Saiph is a bright blue supergiant star that forms one of the corners of the constellation Orion.
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E.
Alpha Eridani
Alpha Eridani, traditionally known as Achernar, is a bright, rapidly rotating blue-white star marking the southern end of the constellation Eridanus.
- 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: Aldebaran B Target entity description: Aldebaran B is a suspected low-mass stellar or substellar companion in the Aldebaran star system, inferred from subtle gravitational effects on the primary star.
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A.
Aldebaran
Aldebaran is a bright orange giant star in the constellation Taurus, known as one of the most prominent stars in the night sky.
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B.
Aludra
Aludra is a bright blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, known for its high luminosity and relatively short remaining lifespan.
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C.
Beta Doradus
Beta Doradus is a bright classical Cepheid variable star in the southern constellation Dorado, notable as an important standard candle for measuring cosmic distances.
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D.
Saiph
Saiph is a bright blue supergiant star that forms one of the corners of the constellation Orion.
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E.
Alpha Eridani
Alpha Eridani, traditionally known as Achernar, is a bright, rapidly rotating blue-white star marking the southern end of the constellation Eridanus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
ⓘ
suspected stellar companion ⓘ suspected substellar companion ⓘ |
| belongsToSystemType | single-giant-star system with suspected companion ⓘ |
| companionOf | Aldebaran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDetectionConfidence | tentative ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryMethod | astrometric detection ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceType | gravitational influence on primary star ⓘ |
| hasHostStarType | K-type giant (Aldebaran) ⓘ |
| hasMass | low-mass (stellar or substellar regime) ⓘ |
| hasNature | uncertain (stellar vs substellar) ⓘ |
| hasObservationType | indirect detection ⓘ |
| hasStatus | unconfirmed ⓘ |
| inferredFrom |
gravitational perturbations of Aldebaran
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subtle variations in Aldebaran’s motion ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Milky Way galaxy
NERFINISHED
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Taurus constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notDirectlyImaged | true ⓘ |
| orbits | Aldebaran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Aldebaran star system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Aldebaran B Description of subject: Aldebaran B is a suspected low-mass stellar or substellar companion in the Aldebaran star system, inferred from subtle gravitational effects on the primary star.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aldebaran b
this entity surface form:
Aldebaran b