Gagarin (walled plain)

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lunar impact crater lunar surface feature walled plain

Gagarin (walled plain) is a large lunar impact feature on the Moon’s far side, named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gagarin (lunar crater)	6
Gagarin (walled plain) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8624129 — 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: Gagarin (walled plain)
Context triple: [Sikorsky (crater), locatedNear, Gagarin (walled plain)]

A. Gusev crater
Gusev crater is a large impact crater on Mars that was explored by NASA’s Spirit rover in search of past water-related geological activity.
B. Chaplygin crater
Chaplygin crater is an impact crater on the Moon’s far side, notable for its heavily eroded rim and location near the large walled plain Gagarin.
C. Pavlov crater
Pavlov crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, located near the prominent Gagarin crater.
D. Vernadsky crater
Vernadsky crater is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Russian-Ukrainian mineralogist and geochemist Vladimir Vernadsky.
E. Zeta Plain
Zeta Plain is a lowland geographical region in central Montenegro known for its fertile agricultural land surrounding the capital city, Podgorica.
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: Gagarin (walled plain)
Target entity description: Gagarin (walled plain) is a large lunar impact feature on the Moon’s far side, named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

A. Gusev crater
Gusev crater is a large impact crater on Mars that was explored by NASA’s Spirit rover in search of past water-related geological activity.
B. Chaplygin crater
Chaplygin crater is an impact crater on the Moon’s far side, notable for its heavily eroded rim and location near the large walled plain Gagarin.
C. Pavlov crater
Pavlov crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, located near the prominent Gagarin crater.
D. Vernadsky crater
Vernadsky crater is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Russian-Ukrainian mineralogist and geochemist Vladimir Vernadsky.
E. Zeta Plain
Zeta Plain is a lowland geographical region in central Montenegro known for its fertile agricultural land surrounding the capital city, Podgorica.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lunar impact crater ⓘ lunar surface feature ⓘ walled plain ⓘ
belongsTo	Moon’s far-side cratering system ⓘ
celestialBody	Moon ⓘ
featureType	impact feature ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem	selenographic coordinates ⓘ
hasCraterType	impact crater ⓘ
hasDiscoveryMethod	lunar imaging ⓘ
hasEnvironment	airless ⓘ vacuum ⓘ
hasEponym	Yuri Gagarin ⓘ
hasLocationRelativeToEarth	far side ⓘ
hasName	Gagarin ⓘ
hasPrimaryIlluminationSource	Sun ⓘ
hasQualifier	walled plain ⓘ
hasScientificInterest	impact cratering studies ⓘ lunar geology ⓘ
hasSurface	lunar regolith ⓘ
isA	large lunar impact feature ⓘ
isInReferenceFrame	selenocentric ⓘ
isNamedBy	International Astronomical Union ⓘ
isPartOf	lunar highlands region ⓘ
isVisibleFromEarth	no ⓘ
locatedOn	Moon ⓘ far side of the Moon ⓘ
namedAfter	Yuri Gagarin ⓘ
orbitsWith	Moon around Earth ⓘ
partOf	lunar far-side terrain ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sikorsky (crater) → locatedNear → Gagarin (walled plain) ⓘ

subject linked to: Sikorsky crater

Gagarin M → satelliteOf → Gagarin (lunar crater) ⓘ