Surveyor 3 landing site
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The Surveyor 3 landing site is the location on the Moon where NASA’s unmanned Surveyor 3 spacecraft touched down in 1967 and was later visited by Apollo 12 astronauts, who retrieved parts of the probe for study.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Surveyor 3 landing site canonical | 2 |
| Surveyor 3 spacecraft | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10845636 — 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: Surveyor 3 landing site Context triple: [Ocean of Storms, hasLandingSite, Surveyor 3 landing site]
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A.
Apollo 15 landing site
The Apollo 15 landing site is the area on the Moon where NASA’s 1971 Apollo 15 mission touched down near the Hadley Rille and Apennine Mountains to conduct advanced scientific exploration and rover-based surface operations.
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B.
Apollo 16 landing site
The Apollo 16 landing site is the area in the Moon’s Descartes Highlands where NASA’s Apollo 16 mission touched down in 1972 to conduct geological exploration of the lunar highlands.
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C.
Surveyor 1
Surveyor 1 was NASA’s first successful unmanned lunar lander, which transmitted detailed images and data from the Moon’s surface in 1966.
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D.
Tranquility Base
Tranquility Base is the historic site on the Moon where Apollo 11’s Lunar Module Eagle landed in 1969, marking the first crewed Moon landing.
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E.
Apollo 11 landing site
The Apollo 11 landing site is the historic location on the Moon where humans first landed and walked during NASA's 1969 mission.
- 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: Surveyor 3 landing site Target entity description: The Surveyor 3 landing site is the location on the Moon where NASA’s unmanned Surveyor 3 spacecraft touched down in 1967 and was later visited by Apollo 12 astronauts, who retrieved parts of the probe for study.
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A.
Apollo 15 landing site
The Apollo 15 landing site is the area on the Moon where NASA’s 1971 Apollo 15 mission touched down near the Hadley Rille and Apennine Mountains to conduct advanced scientific exploration and rover-based surface operations.
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B.
Apollo 16 landing site
The Apollo 16 landing site is the area in the Moon’s Descartes Highlands where NASA’s Apollo 16 mission touched down in 1972 to conduct geological exploration of the lunar highlands.
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C.
Surveyor 1
Surveyor 1 was NASA’s first successful unmanned lunar lander, which transmitted detailed images and data from the Moon’s surface in 1966.
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D.
Tranquility Base
Tranquility Base is the historic site on the Moon where Apollo 11’s Lunar Module Eagle landed in 1969, marking the first crewed Moon landing.
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E.
Apollo 11 landing site
The Apollo 11 landing site is the historic location on the Moon where humans first landed and walked during NASA's 1969 mission.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical location
ⓘ
lunar landing site ⓘ |
| analysisConductedAt | NASA laboratories on Earth ⓘ |
| approachTrajectory | targeted by Apollo 12 for precision landing ⓘ |
| associatedWithMission |
Apollo 12
ⓘ
Surveyor 3 ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | selenographic coordinates ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distanceFromApollo12LM | about 180 meters ⓘ |
| environment | airless, high-vacuum lunar surface ⓘ |
| evidenceProvidedFor | long-term stability of some materials in lunar environment ⓘ |
| exposedTo |
extreme temperature cycles
ⓘ
micrometeorite impacts ⓘ solar radiation ⓘ |
| firstVisitedByHumansDate | 1969-11-19 ⓘ |
| gravitationalBody | Earth–Moon system ⓘ |
| hasSpacecraftWreckage |
Surveyor 3 lander
ⓘ
linked to:
Surveyor 3
|
| hemisphere | near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | important site in early robotic and crewed lunar exploration ⓘ |
| landingDateOfSurveyor3 | 1967-04-20 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mare Cognitum ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Moon
ⓘ
near lunar equator ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Bench crater
ⓘ
Head crater ⓘ Surveyor crater ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first human visit to a previously landed robotic spacecraft on another world
ⓘ
sample return of previously exposed spacecraft materials ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Apollo 12 landing area
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo 12 landing site
|
| precisionLandingDemonstration | Apollo 12 landing near Surveyor 3 ⓘ |
| program | Surveyor program ⓘ |
| region |
Oceanus Procellarum vicinity
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceanus Procellarum
|
| relatedToProgram | Apollo program ⓘ |
| retrievedHardwareFrom |
Surveyor 3 other components
ⓘ
Surveyor 3 soil scoop ⓘ
linked to:
Surveyor 3
Surveyor 3 television camera ⓘ
linked to:
Surveyor 3
|
| sampleTypeReturned |
lunar soil adhering to Surveyor components
ⓘ
spacecraft material samples ⓘ |
| scientificPurpose |
provide ground-truth for lunar surface properties
ⓘ
study long-term effects of lunar environment on spacecraft materials ⓘ |
| surfaceType | lunar mare basalt ⓘ |
| usedFor | calibration of lunar surface photography and measurements ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Apollo 12 Lunar Module Intrepid
ⓘ
Apollo 12 astronauts ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo 12
|
| visitedByAstronaut |
Alan L. Bean
ⓘ
Charles Conrad Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Charles Conrad
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Surveyor 3 landing site Description of subject: The Surveyor 3 landing site is the location on the Moon where NASA’s unmanned Surveyor 3 spacecraft touched down in 1967 and was later visited by Apollo 12 astronauts, who retrieved parts of the probe for study.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.