Hale crater on the Moon
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Hale crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American solar astronomer George Ellery Hale.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hale (lunar crater) | 15 |
| Hale crater on the Moon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1091074 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hale crater on the Moon Context triple: [George Ellery Hale, honorificEponym, Hale crater on the Moon]
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A.
Copernicus Crater on the Moon
Copernicus Crater on the Moon is a prominent, relatively young lunar impact crater in the Moon’s eastern Oceanus Procellarum region, named in honor of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
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B.
Baade lunar crater
Baade lunar crater is a large impact feature on the Moon’s far side named in honor of German astronomer Walter Baade.
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Gagarin crater on the Moon
Gagarin crater on the Moon is a large lunar impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space.
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Schwarzschild crater
Schwarzschild crater is a large impact crater on the far side of the Moon, notable for its heavily eroded rim and complex interior features.
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E.
Ernst Mach crater
Ernst Mach crater is a large impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of the Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.
- 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: Hale crater on the Moon Target entity description: Hale crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American solar astronomer George Ellery Hale.
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A.
Copernicus Crater on the Moon
Copernicus Crater on the Moon is a prominent, relatively young lunar impact crater in the Moon’s eastern Oceanus Procellarum region, named in honor of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
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B.
Baade lunar crater
Baade lunar crater is a large impact feature on the Moon’s far side named in honor of German astronomer Walter Baade.
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C.
Gagarin crater on the Moon
Gagarin crater on the Moon is a large lunar impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space.
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D.
Schwarzschild crater
Schwarzschild crater is a large impact crater on the far side of the Moon, notable for its heavily eroded rim and complex interior features.
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E.
Ernst Mach crater
Ernst Mach crater is a large impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of the Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
NASA lunar charts
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USGS lunar maps ⓘ |
| catalogCode | LAC-144 region ⓘ |
| diameter | 83 kilometers ⓘ |
| eponymNationality | American ⓘ |
| eponymOccupation | solar astronomer ⓘ |
| formationType | complex impact crater ⓘ |
| hasColongitude | 262 ⓘ |
| hasEponym | George Ellery Hale ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central peak complex
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eroded rim ⓘ floor with uneven topography ⓘ rough outer rampart ⓘ terraced inner walls ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Hale A
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Hale B ⓘ Hale C ⓘ Hale D ⓘ Hale E ⓘ Hale F ⓘ Hale G ⓘ Hale H ⓘ Hale K ⓘ Hale L ⓘ Hale M ⓘ Hale N ⓘ Hale P ⓘ Hale R ⓘ Hale S ⓘ Hale T ⓘ Hale U ⓘ Hale V ⓘ Hale W ⓘ Hale X ⓘ Hale Y ⓘ Hale Z ⓘ |
| isPartOf | lunar highlands ⓘ |
| locatedIn | lunar southern hemisphere ⓘ |
| locatedNear | lunar south pole ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Moon
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lunar far side limb region ⓘ |
| namedAfter | George Ellery Hale ⓘ |
| namedBy | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Clementine mission
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Lunar Orbiter missions ⓘ Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ |
| surfaceType | impact-sculpted terrain ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hale crater on the Moon Description of subject: Hale crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American solar astronomer George Ellery Hale.
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