Andromeda XIII
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Andromeda XIII is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andromeda XIII canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T869168 — 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 XIII Context triple: [Local Group, contains, Andromeda XIII]
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A.
Andromeda III
Andromeda III is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
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B.
Andromeda II
Andromeda II is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located within the Local Group.
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C.
Andromeda VII
Andromeda VII is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
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D.
Andromeda VI
Andromeda VI is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
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E.
Andromeda IV
Andromeda IV is a faint dwarf irregular galaxy located near the Andromeda Galaxy and belonging to the Local Group of galaxies.
- 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 XIII Target entity description: Andromeda XIII is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
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A.
Andromeda III
Andromeda III is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
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B.
Andromeda II
Andromeda II is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) located within the Local Group.
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C.
Andromeda VII
Andromeda VII is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
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D.
Andromeda VI
Andromeda VI is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
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E.
Andromeda IV
Andromeda IV is a faint dwarf irregular galaxy located near the Andromeda Galaxy and belonging to the Local Group of galaxies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
ⓘ
dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ satellite galaxy ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Local Group dwarf galaxies
ⓘ
satellite system of M31 ⓘ |
| category |
dwarf galaxies of the Local Group
ⓘ
satellite galaxies of Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | Northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| contains |
dark matter
ⓘ
stars ⓘ |
| discoveryContext | search for faint satellites of M31 ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | wide-field imaging survey ⓘ |
| distanceReferenceObject | Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| environment | satellite system of the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| galaxyType | dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ |
| gasContent | gas-poor ⓘ |
| gravitationallyBoundTo | Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| isSatelliteOf | Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andromeda subgroup
ⓘ
Local Group ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Group ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | dSph ⓘ |
| orbitalContext | halo of the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| redshift | near zero ⓘ |
| starFormationActivity | quiescent ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | old stars ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness | low ⓘ |
| visibility | faint ⓘ |
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 XIII Description of subject: Andromeda XIII is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.