Andromeda III
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Andromeda III is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andromeda III canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T869159 — 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: Andromeda III Context triple: [Local Group, contains, Andromeda III]
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A.
Andromeda II
Andromeda II is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located within the Local Group.
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B.
Point Omega
Point Omega is a short, meditative novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of time, war, and consciousness through the encounter between a reclusive war theorist and a young filmmaker in the desert.
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C.
Illangelo
Illangelo is a Canadian record producer and songwriter best known for his dark, atmospheric work with The Weeknd and contributions to contemporary R&B and pop music.
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D.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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E.
Ratner’s Star
Ratner’s Star is a dense, experimental novel by Don DeLillo that blends science fiction, mathematics, and satire in its portrayal of a young math prodigy deciphering a mysterious signal from space.
- 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: Andromeda III Target entity description: Andromeda III is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
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A.
Andromeda II
Andromeda II is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located within the Local Group.
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B.
Point Omega
Point Omega is a short, meditative novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of time, war, and consciousness through the encounter between a reclusive war theorist and a young filmmaker in the desert.
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C.
Illangelo
Illangelo is a Canadian record producer and songwriter best known for his dark, atmospheric work with The Weeknd and contributions to contemporary R&B and pop music.
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D.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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E.
Ratner’s Star
Ratner’s Star is a dense, experimental novel by Don DeLillo that blends science fiction, mathematics, and satire in its portrayal of a young math prodigy deciphering a mysterious signal from space.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
ⓘ
dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ satellite galaxy ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | about −10.2 ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 14.4 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | halo of the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| clusterMembership | Local Group dwarf spheroidal population ⓘ |
| contains |
horizontal branch stars
ⓘ
old red giant branch stars ⓘ |
| darkMatterContent | dominant mass component ⓘ |
| declination | +36° (approximate) ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Sidney van den Bergh ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | photographic plates ⓘ |
| distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy | approximately 280,000 light-years ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth | approximately 2.4 million light-years ⓘ |
| environment | satellite system of M31 ⓘ |
| galaxyType | dwarf spheroidal ⓘ |
| gasContent | very low ⓘ |
| has | low luminosity compared to large galaxies ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Local Group
ⓘ
constellation Andromeda ⓘ
linked to:
Andromeda
|
| memberOf | Local Group ⓘ |
| metallicity | low ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | dSph ⓘ |
| namedAfter | constellation Andromeda ⓘ |
| observedIn |
near-infrared wavelengths
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optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| otherName |
And III
ⓘ
PGC 2121 ⓘ UGC 128 ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | about −351 km/s ⓘ |
| redshift | approximately −0.0011 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 00h 35m (approximate) ⓘ |
| satelliteOf | Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| shape | elliptical ⓘ |
| starFormationActivity | quiescent ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | old ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness | low ⓘ |
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: Andromeda III Description of subject: Andromeda III is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.