asteroid 1862 Apollo
E918822
Apollo asteroid
Earth-crossing asteroid
S-type asteroid
minor planet
near-Earth asteroid
stony asteroid
Asteroid 1862 Apollo is the namesake of the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, known for its Earth-crossing orbit and importance in studies of potentially hazardous objects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| asteroid 1862 Apollo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11317318 — 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: asteroid 1862 Apollo Context triple: [Evpatoria planetary radar, observes, asteroid 1862 Apollo]
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A.
asteroid 1221 Amor
Asteroid 1221 Amor is the namesake of the Amor group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits approach but do not cross Earth's orbit.
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B.
asteroid 1604 Tombaugh
Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
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C.
Asteroid 1762 Russell
Asteroid 1762 Russell is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell, known for his work on stellar classification and the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
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D.
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
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E.
asteroid 1943 Anteros
Asteroid 1943 Anteros is a near-Earth Apollo-group asteroid notable for its relatively close approaches to Earth and its role in studies of asteroid orbits and compositions.
- 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: asteroid 1862 Apollo Target entity description: Asteroid 1862 Apollo is the namesake of the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, known for its Earth-crossing orbit and importance in studies of potentially hazardous objects.
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A.
asteroid 1221 Amor
Asteroid 1221 Amor is the namesake of the Amor group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits approach but do not cross Earth's orbit.
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B.
asteroid 1604 Tombaugh
Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
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C.
Asteroid 1762 Russell
Asteroid 1762 Russell is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell, known for his work on stellar classification and the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
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D.
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
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E.
asteroid 1943 Anteros
Asteroid 1943 Anteros is a near-Earth Apollo-group asteroid notable for its relatively close approaches to Earth and its role in studies of asteroid orbits and compositions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo asteroid
ⓘ
Earth-crossing asteroid ⓘ S-type asteroid ⓘ minor planet ⓘ near-Earth asteroid ⓘ stony asteroid ⓘ |
| belongsToAsteroidGroup | Apollo group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToPopulation | inner Solar System small bodies ⓘ |
| crossesOrbitOf |
Earth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Karl Reinmuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoverySite | Heidelberg Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAbsoluteMagnitude | around 16 ⓘ |
| hasAlbedo | relatively high ⓘ |
| hasAphelionDistance | greater than 1 AU ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDiameter | about 1.5 kilometers ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryDesignation |
1932 HA
ⓘ
1956 PC ⓘ |
| hasDynamicalStatus |
near-Earth object
ⓘ
potentially hazardous asteroid ⓘ |
| hasInclination | moderate ⓘ |
| hasMinimumOrbitIntersectionDistanceWithEarth | small ⓘ |
| hasName | Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumber | 1862 ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalEccentricity | high ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalNode | inside Earth’s orbit ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalPeriod | about 1.78 years ⓘ |
| hasOrbitClass | Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrbitType | Earth-crossing ⓘ |
| hasPerihelionDistance | less than 1 AU ⓘ |
| hasRotationPeriod | a few hours ⓘ |
| hasSemiMajorAxis | about 1.47 AU ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceComposition | silicate-rich ⓘ |
| isCataloguedIn |
JPL Small-Body Database
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MPC database NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
studies of near-Earth object dynamics
ⓘ
studies of potentially hazardous asteroids ⓘ |
| isMonitoredBy | planetary defense programs ⓘ |
| isPotentiallyHazardousObject | true ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
lightcurve studies
ⓘ
radar observations ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Apollo (Greek god)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apollo group of asteroids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namesakeOf | Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbits | Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spectralType | S ⓘ |
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: asteroid 1862 Apollo Description of subject: Asteroid 1862 Apollo is the namesake of the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, known for its Earth-crossing orbit and importance in studies of potentially hazardous objects.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.