WISE
E1027637
WISE is a NASA space telescope that conducted an all-sky survey in infrared light to discover and catalog objects such as asteroids, stars, and distant galaxies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WISE canonical | 8 |
| unWISE (selected products) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13179481 — 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: WISE Context triple: [Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, acronym, WISE]
-
A.
WIT
WIT is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Wipro Limited, a major Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company.
-
B.
WIJ
WIJ is the National Rail station code for Willesden Junction, a major interchange station in northwest London served by both Overground and mainline rail services.
-
C.
WIS
WIS is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the district of Nordwestmecklenburg in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
-
D.
WIS
WIS is the World Meteorological Organization’s global information system for sharing and distributing meteorological, hydrological, and related environmental data.
-
E.
WIS
WIS is the common abbreviation for Wisła Kraków, a historic Polish football club based in Kraków.
- 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: WISE Target entity description: WISE is a NASA space telescope that conducted an all-sky survey in infrared light to discover and catalog objects such as asteroids, stars, and distant galaxies.
-
A.
WIT
WIT is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Wipro Limited, a major Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company.
-
B.
WIJ
WIJ is the National Rail station code for Willesden Junction, a major interchange station in northwest London served by both Overground and mainline rail services.
-
C.
WIS
WIS is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the district of Nordwestmecklenburg in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
-
D.
WIS
WIS is the World Meteorological Organization’s global information system for sharing and distributing meteorological, hydrological, and related environmental data.
-
E.
WIS
WIS is the common abbreviation for Wisła Kraków, a historic Polish football club based in Kraków.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space mission
ⓘ
infrared space observatory ⓘ space telescope ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ |
| bandWavelengths |
12 μm
ⓘ
22 μm ⓘ 3.4 μm ⓘ 4.6 μm ⓘ |
| catalogSize | hundreds of millions of objects ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| cryogenDepletionDate | 2010-10 ⓘ |
| dataProduct |
all-sky infrared source catalog
ⓘ
image atlas of the entire sky ⓘ |
| detectorType | infrared detector arrays ⓘ |
| discoveryTarget |
brown dwarfs
ⓘ
main-belt asteroids ⓘ near-Earth objects ⓘ ultraluminous infrared galaxies ⓘ |
| fullName | Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ⓘ |
| fundingAgency | NASA Explorer Program ⓘ |
| inclination | about 97.5 degrees ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2009-12-14 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Space Launch Complex 2W
ⓘ
linked to:
Space Launch Complex 2
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
linked to:
Vandenberg Space Force Base
|
| launchVehicle |
Delta II 7320-10C
ⓘ
linked to:
Delta II
|
| missionEnd | 2011-02 ⓘ |
| missionType |
astronomical survey
ⓘ
infrared all-sky survey ⓘ |
| notableDiscovery |
numerous near-Earth asteroids
ⓘ
previously unknown brown dwarfs near the Sun ⓘ |
| numberOfBands | 4 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitAltitude | approximately 525 km ⓘ |
| orbitType | Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
to discover and catalog asteroids
ⓘ
to discover and catalog distant galaxies ⓘ to discover and catalog stars ⓘ to survey the entire sky in infrared wavelengths ⓘ |
| principalInvestigator | Edward L. Wright ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Medium-class Explorer (MIDEX) program
ⓘ
linked to:
Medium Explorer (MIDEX) missions
|
| reactivatedMissionType | near-Earth object survey ⓘ |
| reactivatedName |
NEOWISE
ⓘ
linked to:
NEOWISE mission
|
| reactivation | 2013-09 ⓘ |
| scanStrategy | continuous sky scanning ⓘ |
| scienceField |
extragalactic astronomy
ⓘ
galactic astronomy ⓘ infrared astronomy ⓘ planetary science ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| surveyCompletion | first full all-sky coverage in 2010 ⓘ |
| surveyType | all-sky survey ⓘ |
| telescopeDiameter | 40 cm ⓘ |
| telescopeType | Ritchey–Chrétien telescope ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | infrared ⓘ |
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: WISE Description of subject: WISE is a NASA space telescope that conducted an all-sky survey in infrared light to discover and catalog objects such as asteroids, stars, and distant galaxies.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.