Kepler Science Team
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The Kepler Science Team is the group of scientists and engineers responsible for operating NASA’s Kepler space telescope and analyzing its data to discover and study exoplanets.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kepler Science Office | 1 |
| Kepler Science Team canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15637712 — 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: Kepler Science Team Context triple: [William J. Borucki, affiliation, Kepler Science Team]
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A.
Scott S. Sheppard
Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
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B.
Steven S. Vogt
Steven S. Vogt is an American astronomer and astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in exoplanet detection and precision radial-velocity instrumentation.
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C.
William J. Borucki
William J. Borucki is an American space scientist best known for pioneering the concept and leading the development of NASA’s Kepler mission to discover exoplanets.
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D.
Michael D. Brown
Michael D. Brown is an American politician who serves as one of the District of Columbia’s elected shadow senators, advocating for D.C. statehood and congressional representation.
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E.
Greg Laughlin
Greg Laughlin is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from Texas in the 1990s, notably switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party during his tenure.
- 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: Kepler Science Team Target entity description: The Kepler Science Team is the group of scientists and engineers responsible for operating NASA’s Kepler space telescope and analyzing its data to discover and study exoplanets.
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A.
Scott S. Sheppard
Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
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B.
Steven S. Vogt
Steven S. Vogt is an American astronomer and astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in exoplanet detection and precision radial-velocity instrumentation.
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C.
William J. Borucki
William J. Borucki is an American space scientist best known for pioneering the concept and leading the development of NASA’s Kepler mission to discover exoplanets.
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D.
Michael D. Brown
Michael D. Brown is an American politician who serves as one of the District of Columbia’s elected shadow senators, advocating for D.C. statehood and congressional representation.
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E.
Greg Laughlin
Greg Laughlin is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from Texas in the 1990s, notably switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party during his tenure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kepler Science Team