(15760) 1992 QB1
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(15760) 1992 QB1 is a trans-Neptunian object that marked the first recognized discovery of a Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto and Charon.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| (15760) 1992 QB1 canonical | 3 |
| 1992 QB1 | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T633437 — 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: (15760) 1992 QB1 Context triple: [Kuiper Belt object, firstConfirmedDiscovery, (15760) 1992 QB1]
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A.
Komet
Komet was the nickname of the Messerschmitt Me 163, a German World War II rocket-powered interceptor aircraft known for its extraordinary speed and unconventional design.
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B.
Bardeen
Bardeen is a surname most notably associated with John Bardeen, the American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
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C.
Haumea
Haumea is an elongated, fast-spinning dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt notable for its rapid rotation, ring system, and two known moons.
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D.
Eris
Eris is a distant, icy dwarf planet in the outer reaches of the Solar System, notable for its size comparable to Pluto and its role in prompting the redefinition of planetary status.
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E.
Makemake
Makemake is a large, icy dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, known for its extremely cold surface and status as one of the most massive objects beyond Neptune.
- 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: (15760) 1992 QB1 Target entity description: (15760) 1992 QB1 is a trans-Neptunian object that marked the first recognized discovery of a Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto and Charon.
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A.
Komet
Komet was the nickname of the Messerschmitt Me 163, a German World War II rocket-powered interceptor aircraft known for its extraordinary speed and unconventional design.
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B.
Bardeen
Bardeen is a surname most notably associated with John Bardeen, the American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
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C.
Haumea
Haumea is an elongated, fast-spinning dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt notable for its rapid rotation, ring system, and two known moons.
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D.
Eris
Eris is a distant, icy dwarf planet in the outer reaches of the Solar System, notable for its size comparable to Pluto and its role in prompting the redefinition of planetary status.
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E.
Makemake
Makemake is a large, icy dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, known for its extremely cold surface and status as one of the most massive objects beyond Neptune.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kuiper Belt object
ⓘ
cubewano ⓘ minor planet ⓘ small Solar System body ⓘ trans-Neptunian object ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitude | ~7.5 ⓘ |
| albedo | low ⓘ |
| aphelionDistance | ~48 AU ⓘ |
| approximateDiameter | ~150 km ⓘ |
| belongsToPopulation | cold classical Kuiper belt ⓘ |
| catalog |
Minor Planet Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Minor Planet Center database
|
| celestialCategory | outer Solar System object ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern sky (discovery observation) ⓘ |
| colorIndex | redder than Pluto ⓘ |
| discoverer |
David C. Jewitt
ⓘ
Jane X. Luu ⓘ |
| discoveryContext | first clear evidence of a population of objects in the Kuiper belt ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1992-08-30 ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | CCD imaging survey ⓘ |
| discoverySite |
Mauna Kea Observatory
ⓘ
linked to:
Mauna Kea Observatories
|
| distanceFromNeptune | not in strong mean-motion resonance ⓘ |
| dynamicalStatus | dynamically stable classical KBO ⓘ |
| eccentricity | ~0.07 ⓘ |
| epochOfFirstRecognitionAsKBO | early 1990s ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphere | no significant atmosphere detected ⓘ |
| hasKnownSatellites | no satellites confirmed ⓘ |
| hasRings | no rings detected ⓘ |
| hostStar | Sun ⓘ |
| inclination | ~2 degrees ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Neptune (gravitationally)
ⓘ
linked to:
Neptune
|
| isBeyond |
Charon
ⓘ
Neptune ⓘ Pluto ⓘ |
| mpcNumber | 15760 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | none (provisional designation only) ⓘ |
| observationArc | multiple decades ⓘ |
| orbitalClass | classical Kuiper belt object ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | ~291 years ⓘ |
| orbitalRegion |
Kuiper belt
ⓘ
linked to:
Kuiper Belt
|
| orbits | Sun ⓘ |
| perihelionDistance | ~40 AU ⓘ |
| provisionalDesignation |
1992 QB1
ⓘ
linked to:
(15760) 1992 QB1
|
| resonance | non-resonant with Neptune ⓘ |
| rotationPeriod | poorly constrained ⓘ |
| semiMajorAxis | ~44 AU ⓘ |
| significance | first recognized Kuiper Belt object discovered beyond Pluto and Charon ⓘ |
| spectralType | very red ⓘ |
| surfaceComposition | likely mixture of ices and dark organics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: (15760) 1992 QB1 Description of subject: (15760) 1992 QB1 is a trans-Neptunian object that marked the first recognized discovery of a Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto and Charon.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.