Lucy
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Lucy is a NASA Discovery Program space mission designed to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids to better understand the early solar system’s formation and evolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lucy canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7210435 — 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: Lucy Context triple: [NASA Discovery Program, mission, Lucy]
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Lucy
Lucy is a fictional lion character, likely depicted with anthropomorphic traits in a narrative or animated context.
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Lucy
Lucy is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "light," commonly used in many English-speaking and European countries.
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Lucy
"Lucy" is a 2014 science fiction action film directed by Luc Besson, in which Scarlett Johansson plays a woman who gains extraordinary mental and physical abilities after a drug enters her system.
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Lucy
Lucy Hawking is a British journalist, novelist, and educator best known for her children’s science books co-written with her father, physicist Stephen Hawking.
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Lucy
Lucy is the given name of Lucy Flucker Knox, the wife of American Revolutionary War General Henry Knox and a notable figure in early American history.
- 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: Lucy Target entity description: Lucy is a NASA Discovery Program space mission designed to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids to better understand the early solar system’s formation and evolution.
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Lucy
Lucy is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "light," commonly used in many English-speaking and European countries.
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Lucy
Lucy, better known by her nickname Wyldstyle, is a rebellious and resourceful Master Builder from The Lego Movie franchise.
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C.
Lucy
Lucy Hawking is a British journalist, novelist, and educator best known for her children’s science books co-written with her father, physicist Stephen Hawking.
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Lucy
"Lucy" is a 2014 science fiction action film directed by Luc Besson, in which Scarlett Johansson plays a woman who gains extraordinary mental and physical abilities after a drug enters her system.
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E.
Lucy
Lucy is the given name of Lucy Flucker Knox, the wife of American Revolutionary War General Henry Knox and a notable figure in early American history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA Discovery Program mission
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NASA space mission ⓘ interplanetary spacecraft ⓘ |
| communicationBand | X-band ⓘ |
| destinationRegion |
Jupiter’s L4 Trojan cloud
NERFINISHED
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Jupiter’s L5 Trojan cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flybyTarget |
(11351) Leucus
NERFINISHED
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(15094) Polymele NERFINISHED ⓘ (21900) Orus NERFINISHED ⓘ (3548) Eurybates NERFINISHED ⓘ (52246) Donaldjohanson NERFINISHED ⓘ (617) Patroclus NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurybates moon Queta NERFINISHED ⓘ Menoetius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
L’LORRI
NERFINISHED
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L’Ralph ⓘ L’TES ⓘ |
| launchComplex | Space Launch Complex 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2021-10-16 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas V 401 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingCenter | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 12 years (planned) ⓘ |
| missionStatus | operational ⓘ |
| missionType |
asteroid flyby mission
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planetary science mission ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lucy fossil (Australopithecus afarensis skeleton) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| objective |
characterize composition of Trojan asteroids
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investigate early solar system evolution ⓘ investigate early solar system formation ⓘ measure physical properties of Trojan asteroids ⓘ study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids ⓘ study geology of Trojan asteroids ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| primaryTarget | Jupiter Trojan asteroids ⓘ |
| principalInvestigator | Harold F. Levison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| principalInvestigatorAffiliation | Southwest Research Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | NASA Discovery Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| projectManagement | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | chemical propulsion system ⓘ |
| scienceGoal |
compare Trojan asteroids with main-belt asteroids
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constrain conditions of early solar nebula ⓘ test theories of giant planet migration ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftManufacturer | Lockheed Martin Space NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| target |
Jupiter Trojan asteroids
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main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trajectory | complex heliocentric orbit with Earth gravity assists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lucy Description of subject: Lucy is a NASA Discovery Program space mission designed to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids to better understand the early solar system’s formation and evolution.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.