Nubecula Minor
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Nubecula Minor is a nearby dwarf galaxy in the Local Group, visible from the Southern Hemisphere and notable as one of the closest galactic neighbors to the Milky Way.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nubecula Minor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T967477 — 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: Nubecula Minor Context triple: [Small Magellanic Cloud, alsoKnownAs, Nubecula Minor]
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A.
Ursa Minor Beta
Ursa Minor Beta is a fictional planet in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known as the corporate home of the Guide itself.
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B.
Gaspra
Gaspra is a seaside resort town on the southern coast of Crimea, known for its mild climate, beaches, and historic landmarks such as the Swallow's Nest castle.
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C.
Hyas
Hyas is a figure in Greek mythology, often associated with the Hyades as their brother and linked to myths explaining the origin of certain constellations or rain-bringing stars.
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D.
Arethusa
Arethusa is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with a blissful western garden and its golden apples.
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E.
Cosmia
"Cosmia" is a song by American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp arrangements and poetic, emotionally rich lyrics.
- 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: Nubecula Minor Target entity description: Nubecula Minor is a nearby dwarf galaxy in the Local Group, visible from the Southern Hemisphere and notable as one of the closest galactic neighbors to the Milky Way.
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A.
Ursa Minor Beta
Ursa Minor Beta is a fictional planet in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known as the corporate home of the Guide itself.
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B.
Gaspra
Gaspra is a seaside resort town on the southern coast of Crimea, known for its mild climate, beaches, and historic landmarks such as the Swallow's Nest castle.
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C.
Hyas
Hyas is a figure in Greek mythology, often associated with the Hyades as their brother and linked to myths explaining the origin of certain constellations or rain-bringing stars.
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D.
Arethusa
Arethusa is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with a blissful western garden and its golden apples.
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E.
Cosmia
"Cosmia" is a song by American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp arrangements and poetic, emotionally rich lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
ⓘ
dwarf galaxy ⓘ satellite galaxy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
SMC
ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ |
| contains |
H II regions
ⓘ
planetary nebulae ⓘ star clusters ⓘ star-forming regions ⓘ supernova remnants ⓘ young massive stars ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | known since antiquity to southern observers ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth | about 200000 light-years ⓘ |
| distanceFromMilkyWay | about 200000 light-years ⓘ |
| formsStructureWith |
Magellanic Bridge
ⓘ
Magellanic Stream ⓘ |
| galaxyType | irregular galaxy ⓘ |
| hasAngularSize | about 3 by 5 degrees ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitude | about 2.7 ⓘ |
| hasAverageAgeOfStars | younger than typical Milky Way halo stars ⓘ |
| hasConstellation | Tucana ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystemReference | often used as reference field in southern sky surveys ⓘ |
| hasDarkMatterHalo | yes ⓘ |
| hasGasContent | rich in neutral hydrogen ⓘ |
| hasGasToStellarMassRatio | high compared to many Local Group dwarfs ⓘ |
| hasMetallicity | low metallicity compared to Milky Way ⓘ |
| hasObservedAsymmetry | yes ⓘ |
| hasOldStellarPopulation | yes ⓘ |
| hasProperMotion | measurable relative to background galaxies ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity | about 158 km/s ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationRate | elevated compared to typical dwarf spheroidal galaxies ⓘ |
| hasStellarMass | on the order of 10^9 solar masses ⓘ |
| hasTidalFeatures | yes ⓘ |
| hasYoungStellarPopulation | yes ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBoundTo | Milky Way ⓘ |
| isInteractingWith | Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ |
| isOneOf | closest galactic neighbors of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Magellanic System
ⓘ
linked to:
Magellanic Clouds
|
| isUsedFor |
calibration of the cosmic distance scale
ⓘ
studies of star formation in low-metallicity environments ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Group ⓘ |
| namedBy | European navigators of the Age of Discovery ⓘ |
| orbits | Milky Way ⓘ |
| satelliteOf | Milky Way ⓘ |
| subtype | dwarf irregular galaxy ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Nubecula Minor Description of subject: Nubecula Minor is a nearby dwarf galaxy in the Local Group, visible from the Southern Hemisphere and notable as one of the closest galactic neighbors to the Milky Way.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.