Themis (disputed Jovian moon)
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Themis is a historically reported but now-disputed small moon once claimed to orbit Jupiter, whose existence has never been reliably confirmed.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Themis (disputed Jovian moon) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10903171 — 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: Themis (disputed Jovian moon) Context triple: [William Henry Pickering, discovered, Themis (disputed Jovian moon)]
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A.
Jovian moon Taygete
Jovian moon Taygete is a small, irregular, retrograde outer satellite of Jupiter belonging to the Carme group of moons.
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B.
Thesan
Thesan is the Etruscan goddess of the dawn, associated with light, new beginnings, and often linked to childbirth and divination.
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C.
Calisto
Calisto is the young nobleman whose obsessive and tragic love for Melibea drives the plot of the Spanish literary classic *La Celestina*.
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D.
Adrastea
Adrastea is a small inner moon of Jupiter that orbits close to the planet’s rings and helps supply them with material.
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E.
Adrastea
Adrastea is an epithet and aspect of the Greek goddess Nemesis, associated with inescapable retribution and the dispensing of divine justice.
- 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: Themis (disputed Jovian moon) Target entity description: Themis is a historically reported but now-disputed small moon once claimed to orbit Jupiter, whose existence has never been reliably confirmed.
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A.
Jovian moon Taygete
Jovian moon Taygete is a small, irregular, retrograde outer satellite of Jupiter belonging to the Carme group of moons.
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B.
Thesan
Thesan is the Etruscan goddess of the dawn, associated with light, new beginnings, and often linked to childbirth and divination.
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C.
Calisto
Calisto is the young nobleman whose obsessive and tragic love for Melibea drives the plot of the Spanish literary classic *La Celestina*.
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D.
Adrastea
Adrastea is an epithet and aspect of the Greek goddess Nemesis, associated with inescapable retribution and the dispensing of divine justice.
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E.
Adrastea
Adrastea is a small inner moon of Jupiter that orbits close to the planet’s rings and helps supply them with material.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alleged moon of Jupiter
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disputed astronomical object ⓘ hypothetical natural satellite ⓘ |
| belongsToSystem | Jovian system ⓘ |
| celestialBodyType | small moon ⓘ |
| celestialCategory | object in the Solar System (hypothetical) ⓘ |
| classificationInModernCatalogs | not included among confirmed moons of Jupiter ⓘ |
| discoveryClaimStatus | not reliably confirmed ⓘ |
| evidenceBasis |
historical reports only
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lacks modern observational confirmation ⓘ |
| existenceStatus |
disputed
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unconfirmed ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
example of a spurious satellite
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example of an unconfirmed Jovian moon ⓘ |
| hostPlanet | Jupiter ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Greek mythological figure Themis
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Themis ⓘ |
| observationalStatus |
never reliably observed
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not currently recognized as a real moon ⓘ |
| orbits | Jupiter ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
moons of Jupiter
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spurious satellites of planets ⓘ |
| scientificConsensus | does not exist as a real satellite ⓘ |
| statusInAstronomicalLiterature | largely considered non-existent ⓘ |
| verificationAttempts | failed to confirm existence ⓘ |
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: Themis (disputed Jovian moon) Description of subject: Themis is a historically reported but now-disputed small moon once claimed to orbit Jupiter, whose existence has never been reliably confirmed.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.