Richard E. Keating
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Richard E. Keating was an American physicist best known for co-conducting the Hafele–Keating experiment that tested time dilation using atomic clocks flown on commercial airliners.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard E. Keating canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7490028 — 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: Richard E. Keating Context triple: [Hafele–Keating experiment, namedAfter, Richard E. Keating]
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A.
Joseph B. Keenan
Joseph B. Keenan was an American lawyer and U.S. Assistant Attorney General who served as the chief prosecutor in the post–World War II Tokyo war crimes trials.
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B.
Edward P. Doherty
Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
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C.
Edward R. Burke
Edward R. Burke was a U.S. Democratic politician and senator from Nebraska in the 1930s, known for his involvement in New Deal-era legislation and national defense policy.
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D.
Richard M. Mullane
Richard M. Mullane is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force engineer and weapons systems officer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s.
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E.
James T. Molloy
James T. Molloy was an American public official best known for his long tenure as Doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives, overseeing access and ceremonial functions in the chamber.
- 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: Richard E. Keating Target entity description: Richard E. Keating was an American physicist best known for co-conducting the Hafele–Keating experiment that tested time dilation using atomic clocks flown on commercial airliners.
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A.
Joseph B. Keenan
Joseph B. Keenan was an American lawyer and U.S. Assistant Attorney General who served as the chief prosecutor in the post–World War II Tokyo war crimes trials.
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B.
Edward P. Doherty
Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
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C.
Edward R. Burke
Edward R. Burke was a U.S. Democratic politician and senator from Nebraska in the 1930s, known for his involvement in New Deal-era legislation and national defense policy.
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D.
Richard M. Mullane
Richard M. Mullane is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force engineer and weapons systems officer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s.
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E.
James T. Molloy
James T. Molloy was an American public official best known for his long tenure as Doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives, overseeing access and ceremonial functions in the chamber.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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person ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | Joseph C. Hafele ⓘ |
| coConducted | Hafele–Keating experiment ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | United States Naval Observatory ⓘ |
| experimentDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| experimentName | Hafele–Keating experiment ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
experimental physics
ⓘ
physics ⓘ |
| influencedField |
experimental tests of relativity
ⓘ
metrology ⓘ timekeeping standards ⓘ |
| knownFor | Hafele–Keating experiment ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | Hafele–Keating experiment ⓘ |
| occupation | physicist ⓘ |
| publicationTopic |
precision timekeeping
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relativistic time dilation ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Science (journal) ⓘ |
| testedConcept | time dilation ⓘ |
| testedTheory |
Einstein's theory of relativity
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linked to:
theory of relativity
general relativity ⓘ special relativity ⓘ |
| usedClockType | cesium-beam atomic clock ⓘ |
| usedInstrument | atomic clock ⓘ |
| usedMethod | transport of atomic clocks on aircraft ⓘ |
| usedPlatform | commercial airliner ⓘ |
| verifiedPhenomenon |
gravitational time dilation
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kinematic time dilation ⓘ relativistic time difference between moving and stationary clocks ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States Naval Observatory
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Richard E. Keating Description of subject: Richard E. Keating was an American physicist best known for co-conducting the Hafele–Keating experiment that tested time dilation using atomic clocks flown on commercial airliners.
Referenced by (4)
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