von Kármán crater on the Moon
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Von Kármán crater on the Moon is a large impact crater on the lunar far side, notable as the landing site of China’s Chang’e 4 mission and named in honor of aerospace engineer Theodore von Kármán.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Von Kármán L (satellite crater) | 1 |
| Von Kármán M (satellite crater) | 1 |
| Von Kármán X (satellite crater) | 1 |
| Von Kármán Y (satellite crater) | 1 |
| von Kármán crater on the Moon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4966380 — 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: von Kármán crater on the Moon Context triple: [Theodore von Kármán, hasEponym, von Kármán crater on the Moon]
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A.
McNair crater on the Moon
McNair crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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B.
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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C.
Lomonosov crater on the Moon
Lomonosov crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Russian polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, recognized for its location on the Moon’s far side and its relatively well-preserved structure.
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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.
Pavlov crater
Pavlov crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, located near the prominent Gagarin crater.
- 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: von Kármán crater on the Moon Target entity description: Von Kármán crater on the Moon is a large impact crater on the lunar far side, notable as the landing site of China’s Chang’e 4 mission and named in honor of aerospace engineer Theodore von Kármán.
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A.
McNair crater on the Moon
McNair crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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B.
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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C.
Lomonosov crater on the Moon
Lomonosov crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Russian polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, recognized for its location on the Moon’s far side and its relatively well-preserved structure.
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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.
Pavlov crater
Pavlov crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, located near the prominent Gagarin crater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar impact crater
ⓘ
walled plain ⓘ |
| approvedBy | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| colongitude | ~180 ⓘ |
| contains |
Von Kármán L (satellite crater)
ⓘ
linked to:
von Kármán crater on the Moon
Von Kármán M (satellite crater) ⓘ
linked to:
von Kármán crater on the Moon
Von Kármán X (satellite crater) ⓘ
linked to:
von Kármán crater on the Moon
Von Kármán Y (satellite crater) ⓘ
linked to:
von Kármán crater on the Moon
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| coordinateSystem | selenographic coordinates ⓘ |
| countryOperatingFirstLander | China ⓘ |
| diameter | ~180 km ⓘ |
| eponym | Theodore von Kármán ⓘ |
| firstSoftLandingDate | 2019-01-03 ⓘ |
| firstSoftLandingOnFarSide |
Chang’e 4 mission
ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e 4
|
| floorComposition | mare basalt patches ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central floor partly flooded by basaltic lava
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eroded rim ⓘ relatively flat floor ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalContext |
ancient impact structure
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part of one of the largest impact basins in the Solar System ⓘ |
| landingSiteOf |
Chang’e 4 lander
ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e 4
Yutu-2 rover ⓘ
linked to:
Chang’e 4
|
| locatedIn |
South Pole–Aitken basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Aitken crater
|
| locatedOn | Moon ⓘ |
| locatedOnSide | far side of the Moon ⓘ |
| missionOperator | China National Space Administration ⓘ |
| nameApprovalYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Theodore von Kármán ⓘ |
| neighboringCrater |
Aitken (lunar crater)
ⓘ
linked to:
Aitken crater
Finsen (lunar crater) ⓘ Leibnitz (lunar crater) ⓘ Oresme (lunar crater) ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Clementine spacecraft
ⓘ
linked to:
Clementine mission
Kaguya (SELENE) ⓘ
linked to:
Kaguya
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ |
| quadrangle | LQ-28 ⓘ |
| scientificInterest | exposure of lower crust or upper mantle materials ⓘ |
| surfaceType | heavily cratered highlands ⓘ |
| usedFor |
in-situ exploration of lunar far side geology
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radio astronomy experiments ⓘ study of South Pole–Aitken basin composition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: von Kármán crater on the Moon Description of subject: Von Kármán crater on the Moon is a large impact crater on the lunar far side, notable as the landing site of China’s Chang’e 4 mission and named in honor of aerospace engineer Theodore von Kármán.
Referenced by (5)
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