Reinhold (lunar crater)
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Reinhold is a prominent impact crater on the Moon’s near side, noted for its relatively sharp rim and location in the central region of Oceanus Procellarum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reinhold (lunar crater) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5412517 — 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: Reinhold (lunar crater) Context triple: [Copernicus (lunar crater), nearbyCrater, Reinhold (lunar crater)]
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A.
Levi-Civita crater
Levi-Civita crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, named after Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita.
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B.
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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C.
crater Resnik on the Moon
Crater Resnik on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut Judith Resnik, one of the crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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D.
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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E.
von Kármán crater on the Moon
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.
- 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: Reinhold (lunar crater) Target entity description: Reinhold is a prominent impact crater on the Moon’s near side, noted for its relatively sharp rim and location in the central region of Oceanus Procellarum.
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A.
Levi-Civita crater
Levi-Civita crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, named after Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita.
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B.
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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C.
crater Resnik on the Moon
Crater Resnik on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut Judith Resnik, one of the crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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D.
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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E.
von Kármán crater on the Moon
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar impact crater
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lunar surface feature ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Apollo mission photographs
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Lunar Orbiter imagery ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
ⓘ
linked to:
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
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| colongitude | 339 degrees ⓘ |
| eponymOccupation | German astronomer ⓘ |
| featureTypeCode | CR ⓘ |
| floorCharacteristic | contains small craterlets ⓘ |
| hasAge | Eratosthenian ⓘ |
| hasAlbedo | higher than surrounding mare ⓘ |
| hasCentralPeak | yes ⓘ |
| hasDepth | about 4.2 km ⓘ |
| hasDiameter | about 48 km ⓘ |
| hasErosionState | relatively well preserved ⓘ |
| hasInterior |
relatively flat floor
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terraced inner walls ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | circular crater ⓘ |
| hasRaySystem | faint or no prominent rays ⓘ |
| hasRimCharacteristic | relatively sharp rim ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Reinhold A
ⓘ
Reinhold B ⓘ Reinhold E ⓘ Reinhold K ⓘ |
| isProminentFeatureOf |
Oceanus Procellarum region
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linked to:
Oceanus Procellarum
|
| isTargetFor |
amateur lunar observation
ⓘ
lunar morphology studies ⓘ |
| liesSouthOf | Lansberg (lunar crater) ⓘ |
| liesWestOf |
Copernicus (lunar crater)
ⓘ
linked to:
Copernicus crater
|
| locatedIn |
Oceanus Procellarum
ⓘ
central region of Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Moon
ⓘ
near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| nameApprovalYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| nameApprovedBy | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Erasmus Reinhold ⓘ |
| observedIn | optical telescopes from Earth ⓘ |
| rimCondition | only slightly worn by subsequent impacts ⓘ |
| selenographicLatitude | approximately −3.8 degrees ⓘ |
| selenographicLongitude | approximately −21.7 degrees ⓘ |
| surfaceType | mare-adjacent highland crater ⓘ |
| visibleUnder | low to moderate lunar illumination ⓘ |
| wallCharacteristic | displays slumped terraces ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Reinhold (lunar crater) Description of subject: Reinhold is a prominent impact crater on the Moon’s near side, noted for its relatively sharp rim and location in the central region of Oceanus Procellarum.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Copernicus Crater on the Moon