Taygeta
E111366
Taygeta is one of the prominent stars in the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taygeta canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T869966 — 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: Taygeta Context triple: [Seven Sisters, containsStar, Taygeta]
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A.
Mount Taygetus
Mount Taygetus is a prominent mountain range in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece, known for its rugged peaks, rich mythology, and historical significance in ancient Sparta.
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B.
Mount Pelion
Mount Pelion is a mountainous peninsula in central Greece famed for its lush forests, traditional stone villages, and beaches, and for its role in Greek mythology as the legendary home of the Centaurs.
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C.
Mount Pentelicus
Mount Pentelicus is a prominent mountain in the Attica region of Greece, historically renowned as the source of the fine white marble used to build the Parthenon and other classical Athenian monuments.
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D.
Mount Parnassus
Mount Parnassus is a limestone mountain in central Greece famed in Greek mythology as a sacred home of Apollo and the Muses and a symbol of poetry and the arts.
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E.
Mount Cyllene
Mount Cyllene is a mountain in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, famed in Greek mythology as the birthplace of the god Hermes and the home of the nymph Maia.
- 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: Taygeta Target entity description: Taygeta is one of the prominent stars in the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
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A.
Mount Taygetus
Mount Taygetus is a prominent mountain range in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece, known for its rugged peaks, rich mythology, and historical significance in ancient Sparta.
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B.
Mount Pelion
Mount Pelion is a mountainous peninsula in central Greece famed for its lush forests, traditional stone villages, and beaches, and for its role in Greek mythology as the legendary home of the Centaurs.
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C.
Mount Pentelicus
Mount Pentelicus is a prominent mountain in the Attica region of Greece, historically renowned as the source of the fine white marble used to build the Parthenon and other classical Athenian monuments.
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D.
Mount Parnassus
Mount Parnassus is a limestone mountain in central Greece famed in Greek mythology as a sacred home of Apollo and the Muses and a symbol of poetry and the arts.
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E.
Mount Cyllene
Mount Cyllene is a mountain in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, famed in Greek mythology as the birthplace of the god Hermes and the home of the nymph Maia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
B-type star
ⓘ
main-sequence star ⓘ multiple star system ⓘ star ⓘ |
| age | about 100 million years ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 4.3 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Gould Belt region
ⓘ
linked to:
Gould Belt
|
| belongsToAsterism | Seven Sisters ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Bright Star Catalogue
ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ
linked to:
Hipparcos satellite
|
| clusterAgeContext | coeval with other Pleiades members ⓘ |
| colorIndexBminusV | about −0.1 ⓘ |
| componentOf | multiple stellar system ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | used in navigation as part of Pleiades ⓘ |
| declination | +24° (approximate) ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 135 parsecs
ⓘ
about 440 light-years ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature | about 13,000 K ⓘ |
| evolutionaryStatus | near main-sequence turnoff ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | Population I star ⓘ |
| hasCompanion | spectroscopic companion star ⓘ |
| hasProperMotion | common with Pleiades cluster ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pleiades star cluster
ⓘ
linked to:
Pleiades
|
| locatedInConstellation | Taurus ⓘ |
| luminosity | about 100 times the luminosity of the Sun ⓘ |
| mass | about 4 times the mass of the Sun ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Pleiades open cluster
ⓘ
linked to:
Pleiades
|
| namedAfter |
the nymph Taygete
ⓘ
linked to:
Taygete
|
| nameInGreekMythology | Taygete ⓘ |
| observedIn |
optical wavelengths
ⓘ
ultraviolet wavelengths ⓘ |
| otherDesignation |
19 Tauri
ⓘ
linked to:
23 Tauri
BD+23 550 ⓘ HD 23338 ⓘ HIP 17531 ⓘ HR 1149 ⓘ |
| parallaxMeasuredBy |
Gaia spacecraft
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaia observatory
Hipparcos satellite ⓘ |
| partOf | Milky Way ⓘ |
| radius | about 3 times the radius of the Sun ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 03h 45m (approximate) ⓘ |
| rotationalVelocity | high projected rotational velocity ⓘ |
| skyPosition | near the ecliptic in Taurus ⓘ |
| spectralType | B6IV-V ⓘ |
| visibility | visible to the naked eye ⓘ |
| visibleFrom |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Celestial Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Taygeta Description of subject: Taygeta is one of the prominent stars in the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.