Nix
E110987
Nix is one of Pluto’s small outer moons, an irregularly shaped natural satellite discovered in 2005 that orbits the dwarf planet in a complex, resonant system with its other moons.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nix canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T942786 — 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: Nix Context triple: [Pluto, hasNaturalSatellite, Nix]
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A.
Blix
Blix is a Swedish surname most notably associated with Hans Blix, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and UN weapons inspector.
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B.
Nutmegger
Nutmegger is an informal nickname for a resident or native of the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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C.
Gitxsan
Gitxsan is an Indigenous people of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for their rich oral traditions, complex clan system, and deep cultural connection to the Skeena River watershed.
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D.
Nuk
Nuk is a well-known baby care brand specializing in products like bottles, pacifiers, and accessories designed to support natural oral development.
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E.
Pyrus
Pyrus is a genus of flowering plants best known for including the cultivated pear trees that produce edible pears.
- 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: Nix Target entity description: Nix is one of Pluto’s small outer moons, an irregularly shaped natural satellite discovered in 2005 that orbits the dwarf planet in a complex, resonant system with its other moons.
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A.
Blix
Blix is a Swedish surname most notably associated with Hans Blix, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and UN weapons inspector.
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B.
Nutmegger
Nutmegger is an informal nickname for a resident or native of the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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C.
Gitxsan
Gitxsan is an Indigenous people of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for their rich oral traditions, complex clan system, and deep cultural connection to the Skeena River watershed.
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D.
Nuk
Nuk is a well-known baby care brand specializing in products like bottles, pacifiers, and accessories designed to support natural oral development.
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E.
Pyrus
Pyrus is a genus of flowering plants best known for including the cultivated pear trees that produce edible pears.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
irregular satellite
ⓘ
moon of Pluto ⓘ natural satellite ⓘ outer moon ⓘ trans-Neptunian satellite ⓘ |
| albedo | high geometric albedo ⓘ |
| belongsToPlanetarySystem | Solar System ⓘ |
| celestialBodyType | natural satellite ⓘ |
| dimensions | approximately 49.8 × 33.2 × 31.1 km ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Hubble Space Telescope
ⓘ
Pluto Companion Search Team ⓘ |
| discoveredInYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | May 2005 ⓘ |
| discoveryFacility | Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | imaging ⓘ |
| distanceFromSunCategory | trans-Neptunian region ⓘ |
| exploredBy |
New Horizons spacecraft
ⓘ
linked to:
New Horizons
|
| flybyDate | July 2015 ⓘ |
| flybyMission | New Horizons ⓘ |
| gravitationalBinding | bound to Pluto-Charon barycenter ⓘ |
| hasFeature | large crater with bright ejecta ⓘ |
| hasNo | substantial atmosphere ⓘ |
| imagedInDetailBy |
New Horizons LORRI camera
ⓘ
linked to:
LORRI
|
| meanRadius | about 19 km ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Pluto system
ⓘ
linked to:
Pluto’s satellite system
Pluto-Charon system ⓘ
linked to:
Pluto
|
| namedAfter |
Greek goddess of the night
ⓘ
Nyx ⓘ |
| namingAuthority | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| namingYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| officialName | Nix ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | about 24.9 hours ⓘ |
| orbitalResonance |
3:2 with Styx
ⓘ
4:1 with Charon (approximate) ⓘ |
| orbits | Pluto ⓘ |
| partOfResonantSystemWith |
Charon
ⓘ
Hydra ⓘ Kerberos ⓘ Styx ⓘ |
| primaryBody | Pluto ⓘ |
| provisionalDesignation | S/2005 P 2 ⓘ |
| relativeLocation | outer to Styx and inner to Kerberos and Hydra ⓘ |
| rotationState | chaotic rotation ⓘ |
| semiMajorAxisFromPluto | about 48600 km ⓘ |
| shape | irregular ⓘ |
| surfaceColor | neutral to slightly red ⓘ |
| surfaceComposition | water ice (dominant) ⓘ |
| system |
Pluto-Charon small moons system
ⓘ
linked to:
Pluto’s satellite system
|
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: Nix Description of subject: Nix is one of Pluto’s small outer moons, an irregularly shaped natural satellite discovered in 2005 that orbits the dwarf planet in a complex, resonant system with its other moons.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.