Vesta family
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The Vesta family is a group of asteroids in the main belt that share similar orbital elements and spectral properties, believed to be fragments from past collisions involving the large asteroid 4 Vesta.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vesta family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12362476 — 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: Vesta family Context triple: [4 Vesta, belongsToDynamicalFamily, Vesta family]
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A.
Haumea family
The Haumea family is a group of trans-Neptunian objects that share similar orbital characteristics and surface properties, believed to be fragments from a past collision involving the dwarf planet Haumea.
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B.
Ariane family
The Ariane family is a series of European expendable launch vehicles developed under ESA leadership and operated commercially to place satellites and other payloads into orbit.
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C.
4 Vesta
4 Vesta is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, a differentiated protoplanet whose composition and geology have made it a key target for studying early solar system formation.
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D.
Vesta
Vesta is the Roman goddess of the hearth, home, and sacred fire, central to domestic and state religion in ancient Rome.
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E.
Rockelide Belt
The Rockelide Belt is a major geological orogenic belt that forms part of the tectonic margins surrounding the ancient West African Craton.
- 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: Vesta family Target entity description: The Vesta family is a group of asteroids in the main belt that share similar orbital elements and spectral properties, believed to be fragments from past collisions involving the large asteroid 4 Vesta.
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A.
Haumea family
The Haumea family is a group of trans-Neptunian objects that share similar orbital characteristics and surface properties, believed to be fragments from a past collision involving the dwarf planet Haumea.
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B.
Ariane family
The Ariane family is a series of European expendable launch vehicles developed under ESA leadership and operated commercially to place satellites and other payloads into orbit.
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C.
4 Vesta
4 Vesta is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, a differentiated protoplanet whose composition and geology have made it a key target for studying early solar system formation.
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D.
Vesta
Vesta is the Roman goddess of the hearth, home, and sacred fire, central to domestic and state religion in ancient Rome.
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E.
Rockelide Belt
The Rockelide Belt is a major geological orogenic belt that forms part of the tectonic margins surrounding the ancient West African Craton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.