asteroid 1620 Geographos
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Asteroid 1620 Geographos is an elongated, near-Earth Apollo-type asteroid notable for its highly irregular shape and close approaches to Earth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| asteroid 1620 Geographos canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16297044 — 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: asteroid 1620 Geographos Context triple: [Clementine mission, secondaryTarget, asteroid 1620 Geographos]
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A.
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
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B.
asteroid 1943 Anteros
Asteroid 1943 Anteros is a near-Earth Apollo-group asteroid notable for its relatively close approaches to Earth and its role in studies of asteroid orbits and compositions.
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C.
asteroid 63 Ausonia
Asteroid 63 Ausonia is a large, bright main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named after an ancient poetic term for Italy.
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D.
asteroid (617) Patroclus
Asteroid (617) Patroclus is a large Jupiter Trojan asteroid, notable as part of a rare binary system in the Trojan camp that shares Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun.
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E.
asteroid 183 Istria
Asteroid 183 Istria is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- 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: asteroid 1620 Geographos Target entity description: Asteroid 1620 Geographos is an elongated, near-Earth Apollo-type asteroid notable for its highly irregular shape and close approaches to Earth.
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A.
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
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B.
asteroid 1943 Anteros
Asteroid 1943 Anteros is a near-Earth Apollo-group asteroid notable for its relatively close approaches to Earth and its role in studies of asteroid orbits and compositions.
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C.
asteroid 63 Ausonia
Asteroid 63 Ausonia is a large, bright main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named after an ancient poetic term for Italy.
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D.
asteroid (617) Patroclus
Asteroid (617) Patroclus is a large Jupiter Trojan asteroid, notable as part of a rare binary system in the Trojan camp that shares Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun.
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E.
asteroid 183 Istria
Asteroid 183 Istria is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.