SEIS seismometer
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The SEIS seismometer is a highly sensitive French-built seismic instrument on NASA’s InSight mission designed to detect and measure marsquakes and other subsurface vibrations on Mars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| SEIS seismometer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10212045 — 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: SEIS seismometer Context triple: [InSight Mars lander, instrument, SEIS seismometer]
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A.
Rover Environmental Monitoring Station
The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station is a weather and climate instrument suite aboard NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover that measures atmospheric conditions such as temperature, pressure, humidity, wind, and radiation on the Martian surface.
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B.
Philae lander
Philae lander was a robotic probe of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission that achieved the first-ever soft landing on a comet’s surface.
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Mars Climate Sounder
Mars Climate Sounder is a scientific instrument aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that measures the Martian atmosphere’s temperature, dust, and water vapor profiles to study the planet’s climate and weather.
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Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment
The Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment was a geophysical investigation deployed during Apollo 17 to study the Moon’s shallow subsurface structure by recording seismic waves from controlled explosive charges.
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ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package)
The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) was a suite of scientific instruments deployed by Apollo astronauts on the Moon to conduct long-term studies of the lunar environment, interior, and surface processes.
- 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: SEIS seismometer Target entity description: The SEIS seismometer is a highly sensitive French-built seismic instrument on NASA’s InSight mission designed to detect and measure marsquakes and other subsurface vibrations on Mars.
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A.
Rover Environmental Monitoring Station
The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station is a weather and climate instrument suite aboard NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover that measures atmospheric conditions such as temperature, pressure, humidity, wind, and radiation on the Martian surface.
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B.
Philae lander
Philae lander was a robotic probe of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission that achieved the first-ever soft landing on a comet’s surface.
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C.
Mars Climate Sounder
Mars Climate Sounder is a scientific instrument aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that measures the Martian atmosphere’s temperature, dust, and water vapor profiles to study the planet’s climate and weather.
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D.
Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment
The Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment was a geophysical investigation deployed during Apollo 17 to study the Moon’s shallow subsurface structure by recording seismic waves from controlled explosive charges.
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E.
ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package)
The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) was a suite of scientific instruments deployed by Apollo astronauts on the Moon to conduct long-term studies of the lunar environment, interior, and surface processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
scientific instrument
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seismometer ⓘ spacecraft payload ⓘ |
| acronym | SEIS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtBy |
French industrial partners
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French space agency CNES NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataUsedFor |
geophysical studies
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planetary interior modeling ⓘ seismology of Mars ⓘ |
| deployedOnSurfaceOf | Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deploymentMethod | robotic arm of InSight lander ⓘ |
| designedToMeasure |
ground motion
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marsquakes ⓘ meteorite impacts on Mars ⓘ subsurface vibrations on Mars ⓘ |
| fullName | Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Short Period sensors
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Very Broad Band sensors ⓘ levelling system ⓘ thermal insulation ⓘ vacuum enclosure ⓘ wind and thermal shield ⓘ |
| hostLander | InSight lander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostMissionType | Mars lander mission ⓘ |
| internationalContribution |
France
NERFINISHED
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Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landedOnMarsYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| missionLaunchYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| missionType | geophysical investigation ⓘ |
| operatedBy | CNES NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedInCollaborationWith | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingEnvironment | Martian surface ⓘ |
| partOfMission | NASA InSight mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
detect marsquakes
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measure seismic activity on Mars ⓘ study interior structure of Mars ⓘ |
| primaryScienceTarget | Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scienceObjective |
characterize Martian mantle structure
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constrain size and state of Martian core ⓘ determine thickness of Martian crust ⓘ measure impact rate on Mars ⓘ measure tectonic activity on Mars ⓘ |
| sensitivity | very high ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| targetBody | Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: SEIS seismometer Description of subject: The SEIS seismometer is a highly sensitive French-built seismic instrument on NASA’s InSight mission designed to detect and measure marsquakes and other subsurface vibrations on Mars.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.