lunar crater Le Gentil
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Lunar crater Le Gentil is an impact feature on the Moon named in honor of the 18th-century French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil, known for his ill-fated expeditions to observe the transits of Venus.
All labels observed (1)
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| lunar crater Le Gentil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18774683 — 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: lunar crater Le Gentil Context triple: [Guillaume Le Gentil, honouredIn, lunar crater Le Gentil]
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A.
lunar crater Arago
Lunar crater Arago is a small impact feature on the Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis, named in honor of the French astronomer and physicist François Arago.
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B.
lunar crater Piazzi
Lunar crater Piazzi is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the dwarf planet Ceres.
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C.
lunar crater Galle
Lunar crater Galle is an impact feature on the Moon named in honor of German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle, known for his role in the discovery of Neptune.
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D.
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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E.
Lassell crater on the Moon
Lassell crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of the 19th-century English astronomer William Lassell, known for his discoveries of several planetary moons.
- 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: lunar crater Le Gentil Target entity description: Lunar crater Le Gentil is an impact feature on the Moon named in honor of the 18th-century French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil, known for his ill-fated expeditions to observe the transits of Venus.
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A.
lunar crater Arago
Lunar crater Arago is a small impact feature on the Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis, named in honor of the French astronomer and physicist François Arago.
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B.
lunar crater Piazzi
Lunar crater Piazzi is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the dwarf planet Ceres.
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C.
lunar crater Galle
Lunar crater Galle is an impact feature on the Moon named in honor of German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle, known for his role in the discovery of Neptune.
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D.
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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E.
Lassell crater on the Moon
Lassell crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of the 19th-century English astronomer William Lassell, known for his discoveries of several planetary moons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.