Kepler
E373200
Kepler is a prominent lunar impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its bright ray system and relatively young geological age.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kepler canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3615072 — 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 Context triple: [Kepler (lunar crater), catalogDesignation, Kepler]
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A.
Keppler
Keppler is a German surname most notably associated with Wilhelm Keppler, an industrialist and early economic adviser to Adolf Hitler.
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B.
Kepler Track
The Kepler Track is a renowned multi-day Great Walk in New Zealand, offering alpine and lakeside scenery in the Fiordland region of the South Island.
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C.
Coperni
Coperni is a contemporary Paris-based fashion label known for its innovative, tech-influenced designs and viral runway moments.
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D.
Kepler space telescope
The Kepler space telescope was a NASA space observatory designed to discover Earth-size exoplanets by continuously monitoring the brightness of over 150,000 stars.
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E.
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a pioneering 17th-century German astronomer and mathematician best known for formulating the three laws of planetary motion that laid crucial groundwork for classical mechanics.
- 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 Target entity description: Kepler is a prominent lunar impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its bright ray system and relatively young geological age.
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A.
Keppler
Keppler is a German surname most notably associated with Wilhelm Keppler, an industrialist and early economic adviser to Adolf Hitler.
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B.
Kepler Track
The Kepler Track is a renowned multi-day Great Walk in New Zealand, offering alpine and lakeside scenery in the Fiordland region of the South Island.
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C.
Coperni
Coperni is a contemporary Paris-based fashion label known for its innovative, tech-influenced designs and viral runway moments.
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D.
Kepler space telescope
The Kepler space telescope was a NASA space observatory designed to discover Earth-size exoplanets by continuously monitoring the brightness of over 150,000 stars.
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E.
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a pioneering 17th-century German astronomer and mathematician best known for formulating the three laws of planetary motion that laid crucial groundwork for classical mechanics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| albedo | high ⓘ |
| appearsBrightAt | full Moon ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | IAU lunar nomenclature ⓘ |
| centralPeak | present ⓘ |
| depth | approximately 2.6 kilometers ⓘ |
| diameter | approximately 32 kilometers ⓘ |
| ejectaBlanket | rough, high-albedo ejecta surrounding rim ⓘ |
| floorFeatures | terraces and hummocky terrain ⓘ |
| formedBy | asteroid or comet impact ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | relatively young ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Eratosthenian or Copernican age ⓘ |
| governingBodyForName | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| hasEponym | Johannes Kepler ⓘ |
| hasRaySystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCraters | yes ⓘ |
| interiorFloor | relatively rough ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Aristarchus (lunar crater) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oceanus Procellarum region
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceanus Procellarum
|
| locatedNear |
Copernicus (lunar crater)
ⓘ
linked to:
Copernicus Crater on the Moon
|
| locatedOn |
Moon
ⓘ
near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf |
Copernicus (lunar crater)
ⓘ
linked to:
Copernicus Crater on the Moon
|
| morphologicalType | complex impact crater ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Johannes Kepler ⓘ |
| observationWavelengths |
near-infrared
ⓘ
optical ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Galileo Galilei
ⓘ
early telescopic astronomers ⓘ |
| rayComposition | highland and mare ejecta ⓘ |
| rayContrast | high contrast against surrounding mare ⓘ |
| rayExtent | rays extend hundreds of kilometers ⓘ |
| rayOrientation | rays radiate outward asymmetrically ⓘ |
| raySystemClassification | prominent Copernican-age ray crater ⓘ |
| raySystemDescription | bright and extensive ray system ⓘ |
| relativeAgeComparedTo | younger than surrounding mare basalts ⓘ |
| rimCondition | sharp-edged rim ⓘ |
| satelliteCraterNamingConvention | letters placed near Kepler on lunar maps ⓘ |
| scientificInterest |
crater chronology studies
ⓘ
impact ejecta dynamics ⓘ lunar stratigraphy ⓘ |
| selenographicLatitude | about 8.1° N ⓘ |
| selenographicLongitude | about 38.0° W ⓘ |
| surfaceType | impact structure ⓘ |
| surroundingTerrain | mare basalt of Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ |
| terrainContrast | bright crater on dark mare background ⓘ |
| usedAs | reference feature for lunar mapping ⓘ |
| visibleFromEarth | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kepler Description of subject: Kepler is a prominent lunar impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its bright ray system and relatively young geological age.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.