Stardust
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Stardust was a NASA Discovery Program mission that collected and returned samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 and interstellar dust to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stardust canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7210426 — 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: Stardust Context triple: [NASA Discovery Program, mission, Stardust]
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A.
Stardust
"Stardust" is a classic popular song, widely regarded as a jazz and American Songbook standard, famously interpreted by Louis Armstrong and many other artists.
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B.
Stardust
Stardust is a fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman that blends fairy-tale romance and adventure in a magical realm bordering Victorian England.
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C.
"Stardust"
"Stardust" is a catchy, piano-driven pop song by Mika known for its romantic lyrics and melodic, upbeat style.
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D.
Starlight
Starlight is a fictional character or element associated with the Evolver universe, likely representing a key component or aspect within that setting.
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E.
Starlight
Starlight was the original name of a long-distance passenger train route that later became known as Amtrak’s Coast Starlight, running along the U.S. West Coast.
- 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: Stardust Target entity description: Stardust was a NASA Discovery Program mission that collected and returned samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 and interstellar dust to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis.
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A.
Stardust
"Stardust" is a classic popular song, widely regarded as a jazz and American Songbook standard, famously interpreted by Louis Armstrong and many other artists.
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B.
Stardust
Stardust is a fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman that blends fairy-tale romance and adventure in a magical realm bordering Victorian England.
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C.
"Stardust"
"Stardust" is a catchy, piano-driven pop song by Mika known for its romantic lyrics and melodic, upbeat style.
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D.
Starlight
Starlight is a fictional character or element associated with the Evolver universe, likely representing a key component or aspect within that setting.
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E.
Starlight
Starlight was the original name of a long-distance passenger train route that later became known as Amtrak’s Coast Starlight, running along the U.S. West Coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Discovery Program mission
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NASA space probe ⓘ sample-return mission ⓘ |
| affiliation | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Stardust (spacecraft) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cometClosestApproachDistance | about 236 km ⓘ |
| cometEncounterDate | 2004-01-02 ⓘ |
| contractor | Lockheed Martin Space Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| endOfMission | 2011-03-24 ⓘ |
| endOfMissionEvent | spacecraft commanded to burn remaining fuel and cease operations ⓘ |
| extendedMission | Stardust-NExT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extendedMissionEncounterDate | 2011-02-15 ⓘ |
| extendedMissionTarget | Comet 9P/Tempel 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1999-02-07 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Delta II 7426 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lockheed Martin Astronautics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| massAtLaunch | 385 kg ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
collect interstellar dust particles
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collect samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 ⓘ return collected samples to Earth for laboratory analysis ⓘ |
| missionResult |
detailed imaging of comet Wild 2 nucleus
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detection of glycine in cometary samples ⓘ evidence that comet Wild 2 contains high-temperature minerals ⓘ first successful return of cometary dust samples to Earth ⓘ improved understanding of early Solar System materials ⓘ |
| missionType |
comet sample-return mission
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interstellar dust collection mission ⓘ |
| notableFirst | first mission to return solid samples from beyond the Moon to Earth ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| primaryTarget | Comet 81P/Wild 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| principalInvestigator | Donald E. Brownlee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | NASA Discovery Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnedSamples |
cometary dust from Wild 2
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interstellar dust particles ⓘ |
| sampleCollectionMedium |
aerogel
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aluminum foils ⓘ |
| sampleReturnCapsuleLandingDate | 2006-01-15 ⓘ |
| sampleReturnCapsuleLandingSite | Utah Test and Training Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sampleReturnCapsuleOperator | NASA Johnson Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scienceDiscipline |
astrochemistry
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planetary science ⓘ |
| scienceInstruments |
Comet and Interstellar Dust Analyzer
NERFINISHED
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Dust Flux Monitor Instrument NERFINISHED ⓘ Navigation Camera ⓘ Sample Collection Tray with aerogel ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Stardust bus ⓘ |
| trajectoryType | heliocentric orbit with Earth flybys ⓘ |
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: Stardust Description of subject: Stardust was a NASA Discovery Program mission that collected and returned samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 and interstellar dust to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.