lunar crater Arago
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Lunar crater Arago is a small impact feature on the Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis, named in honor of the French astronomer and physicist François Arago.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| lunar crater Arago canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8865146 — 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: lunar crater Arago Context triple: [François Arago, honouredIn, lunar crater Arago]
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A.
lunar crater Piazzi
Lunar crater Piazzi is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the dwarf planet Ceres.
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B.
Lassell crater on the Moon
Lassell crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of the 19th-century English astronomer William Lassell, known for his discoveries of several planetary moons.
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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.
Foucault crater on the Moon
Foucault crater on the Moon is a small lunar impact crater named in honor of French physicist Léon Foucault, located near the Moon’s southwestern limb.
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E.
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.
- 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: lunar crater Arago Target entity description: Lunar crater Arago is a small impact feature on the Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis, named in honor of the French astronomer and physicist François Arago.
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A.
lunar crater Piazzi
Lunar crater Piazzi is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the dwarf planet Ceres.
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B.
Lassell crater on the Moon
Lassell crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of the 19th-century English astronomer William Lassell, known for his discoveries of several planetary moons.
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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.
Foucault crater on the Moon
Foucault crater on the Moon is a small lunar impact crater named in honor of French physicist Léon Foucault, located near the Moon’s southwestern limb.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| associatedWith | lunar domes ⓘ |
| catalog | Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralRiseDescription | small central hill ⓘ |
| colongitude | 349 ⓘ |
| depth | 1.8 km ⓘ |
| diameter | 26 km ⓘ |
| eponymOccupation |
astronomer
ⓘ
physicist ⓘ |
| featureType | IAU lunar crater ⓘ |
| floorCharacteristic | relatively level ⓘ |
| hasCentralRise | yes ⓘ |
| hasEponym | François Arago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Arago alpha (lunar dome)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arago beta (lunar dome) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Arago A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arago B NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago C NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago D NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago E NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago F NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago G NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago H NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago K NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago L NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago M NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago N NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago P NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago R NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago S NERFINISHED ⓘ Arago T NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interiorAlbedo | higher than surrounding mare ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mare Tranquillitatis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| locatedNorthwestOf |
crater Ritter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
crater Sabine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | crater Sosigenes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | crater Manners ⓘ |
| mareRegion | central Mare Tranquillitatis ⓘ |
| namedAfter | François Arago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observationalInterest | visible in small amateur telescopes ⓘ |
| quadrangle | LQ13 ⓘ |
| rimCondition | sharp-edged ⓘ |
| selenographicLatitude | 6.1° N ⓘ |
| selenographicLongitude | 21.4° E ⓘ |
| surfaceAge | Imbrian ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | basaltic lava plains ⓘ |
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Subject: lunar crater Arago Description of subject: Lunar crater Arago is a small impact feature on the Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis, named in honor of the French astronomer and physicist François Arago.
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