Kepler crater
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Kepler crater is a prominent, relatively young lunar impact crater characterized by a bright ray system and located on the Moon’s near side.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crater Kepler | 1 |
| Kepler crater canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21112302 — 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: Kepler crater Context triple: [Mare Insularum, adjacentTo, Kepler crater]
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A.
Copernicus crater
Copernicus crater is a prominent, relatively young lunar impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its bright rays and well-preserved structure.
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B.
Pavlov crater
Pavlov crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, located near the prominent Gagarin crater.
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C.
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.
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D.
Struve crater
Struve crater is a large, eroded lunar impact crater located near the Moon’s western limb, notable for its worn rim and partial flooding by basaltic lava.
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E.
Herschel crater
Herschel crater is a massive, prominent impact crater dominating one hemisphere of Saturn’s moon Mimas, giving the moon its characteristic “Death Star”-like appearance.
- 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: Kepler crater Target entity description: Kepler crater is a prominent, relatively young lunar impact crater characterized by a bright ray system and located on the Moon’s near side.
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A.
Copernicus crater
Copernicus crater is a prominent, relatively young lunar impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its bright rays and well-preserved structure.
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B.
Pavlov crater
Pavlov crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, located near the prominent Gagarin crater.
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C.
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.
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D.
Struve crater
Struve crater is a large, eroded lunar impact crater located near the Moon’s western limb, notable for its worn rim and partial flooding by basaltic lava.
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E.
Herschel crater
Herschel crater is a massive, prominent impact crater dominating one hemisphere of Saturn’s moon Mimas, giving the moon its characteristic “Death Star”-like appearance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ocean of Storms on Moon
linked to: Kepler crater