Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
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Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was a German astronomer renowned for his prolific discovery of asteroids in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Karl Reinmuth | 4 |
| Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18274887 — 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: Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth Context triple: [Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory, notableAstronomer, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth]
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A.
Wilhelm Herget
Wilhelm Herget was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace of World War II, credited with numerous aerial victories and later service in elite jet fighter units.
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B.
Asaph Hall
Asaph Hall was a 19th-century American astronomer best known for discovering Mars's two moons, Phobos and Deimos, in 1877.
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C.
Johann Palisa
Johann Palisa was an Austrian astronomer renowned for his prolific discovery of asteroids in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Johann Franz Encke
Johann Franz Encke was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for his precise calculations of cometary orbits, including the periodic comet now named Encke's Comet.
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E.
Jan Peter van Suchtelen
Jan Peter van Suchtelen was a Dutch-born Russian general and military engineer who served prominently in the Napoleonic Wars and the Russo-Swedish conflicts.
- 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: Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth Target entity description: Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was a German astronomer renowned for his prolific discovery of asteroids in the early 20th century.
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A.
Wilhelm Herget
Wilhelm Herget was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace of World War II, credited with numerous aerial victories and later service in elite jet fighter units.
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B.
Asaph Hall
Asaph Hall was a 19th-century American astronomer best known for discovering Mars's two moons, Phobos and Deimos, in 1877.
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C.
Johann Palisa
Johann Palisa was an Austrian astronomer renowned for his prolific discovery of asteroids in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Johann Franz Encke
Johann Franz Encke was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for his precise calculations of cometary orbits, including the periodic comet now named Encke's Comet.
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E.
Jan Peter van Suchtelen
Jan Peter van Suchtelen was a Dutch-born Russian general and military engineer who served prominently in the Napoleonic Wars and the Russo-Swedish conflicts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
linked to: Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
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asteroid 1120 Cannonia
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asteroid 1552 Bessel
linked to: Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
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asteroid 1940 Whipple
linked to: Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
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asteroid 1862 Apollo
linked to: Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth