Ixion
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Ixion is a large trans-Neptunian object and plutino in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its size, reddish color, and eccentric orbit in 2:3 resonance with Neptune.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ixion canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T633434 — 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: Ixion Context triple: [Kuiper Belt object, example, Ixion]
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A.
Cronus
Cronus is a Titan in Greek mythology best known for overthrowing his father Uranus and later being overthrown by his own son Zeus.
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B.
Typhoeus
Typhoeus is a monstrous serpentine giant from Greek mythology, often depicted as a fearsome adversary of Zeus and a symbol of chaotic natural forces.
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C.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
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D.
Nyx
Nyx is the primordial Greek goddess of the night, a powerful and ancient deity from whom many other gods and personified forces descend.
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E.
Cronos
Cronos is a 1993 Mexican horror-fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro, noted for its inventive vampire mythology and atmospheric visual style.
- 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: Ixion Target entity description: Ixion is a large trans-Neptunian object and plutino in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its size, reddish color, and eccentric orbit in 2:3 resonance with Neptune.
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A.
Cronus
Cronus is a Titan in Greek mythology best known for overthrowing his father Uranus and later being overthrown by his own son Zeus.
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B.
Typhoeus
Typhoeus is a monstrous serpentine giant from Greek mythology, often depicted as a fearsome adversary of Zeus and a symbol of chaotic natural forces.
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C.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
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D.
Nyx
Nyx is the primordial Greek goddess of the night, a powerful and ancient deity from whom many other gods and personified forces descend.
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E.
Cronos
Cronos is a 1993 Mexican horror-fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro, noted for its inventive vampire mythology and atmospheric visual style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kuiper Belt object
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minor planet ⓘ plutino ⓘ resonant trans-Neptunian object ⓘ trans-Neptunian object ⓘ |
| belongsTo | outer Solar System ⓘ |
| celestialCategory | large trans-Neptunian object ⓘ |
| color | reddish ⓘ |
| comparedTo | Pluto in orbital resonance type ⓘ |
| hasAlbedo | low ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryStatus | numbered minor planet ⓘ |
| hasDynamicalClass | plutino ⓘ |
| hasGeneralShape | approximately spherical ⓘ |
| hasNotableProperty |
eccentric orbit
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large size among plutinos ⓘ reddish color ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalEccentricity | high ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalRegion | beyond Neptune ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalStability | long-term stable in 2:3 resonance ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceComposition | mixture of ices and darker materials ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kuiper Belt ⓘ |
| memberOf |
resonant Kuiper Belt population
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trans-Neptunian population ⓘ |
| orbitalResonanceRatio | 2:3 ⓘ |
| orbitalResonanceWith | Neptune ⓘ |
| orbits | Sun ⓘ |
| spectralType | red ⓘ |
| surfaceColor | moderately red ⓘ |
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: Ixion Description of subject: Ixion is a large trans-Neptunian object and plutino in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its size, reddish color, and eccentric orbit in 2:3 resonance with Neptune.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.