lunar crater Delporte
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The lunar crater Delporte is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte, known for his work on minor planets and constellations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| lunar crater Delporte canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10983126 — 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: lunar crater Delporte Context triple: [Eugène Delporte, hasNamesake, lunar crater Delporte]
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A.
lunar crater Piazzi
Lunar crater Piazzi is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the dwarf planet Ceres.
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B.
lunar crater Arago
Lunar crater Arago is a small impact feature on the Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis, named in honor of the French astronomer and physicist François Arago.
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C.
lunar crater Hertzsprung
Lunar crater Hertzsprung is a large, ancient impact basin on the Moon’s far side, notable for its multi-ring structure and use in lunar geological studies.
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D.
von Kármán crater on the Moon
Von Kármán crater on the Moon is a large impact crater on the lunar far side, notable as the landing site of China’s Chang’e 4 mission and named in honor of aerospace engineer Theodore von Kármán.
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E.
Murchison crater (Moon)
Murchison crater (Moon) is a large, ancient impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its heavily eroded walls and partially flooded floor.
- 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: lunar crater Delporte Target entity description: The lunar crater Delporte is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte, known for his work on minor planets and constellations.
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A.
lunar crater Piazzi
Lunar crater Piazzi is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the dwarf planet Ceres.
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B.
lunar crater Arago
Lunar crater Arago is a small impact feature on the Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis, named in honor of the French astronomer and physicist François Arago.
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C.
lunar crater Hertzsprung
Lunar crater Hertzsprung is a large, ancient impact basin on the Moon’s far side, notable for its multi-ring structure and use in lunar geological studies.
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D.
von Kármán crater on the Moon
Von Kármán crater on the Moon is a large impact crater on the lunar far side, notable as the landing site of China’s Chang’e 4 mission and named in honor of aerospace engineer Theodore von Kármán.
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E.
Murchison crater (Moon)
Murchison crater (Moon) is a large, ancient impact crater on the Moon’s near side, notable for its heavily eroded walls and partially flooded floor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar crater
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lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | selenographic coordinates ⓘ |
| eponymCountryOfCitizenship | Belgium ⓘ |
| eponymFieldOfWork |
constellations
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minor planets ⓘ |
| eponymOccupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| formationType | impact event ⓘ |
| hasEponym | Eugène Delporte ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
eroded outer wall
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relatively featureless interior floor ⓘ small craterlets along rim ⓘ small craterlets on interior floor ⓘ worn rim ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Delporte E
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linked to:
Delporte
Delporte F ⓘ
linked to:
Delporte
Delporte G ⓘ
linked to:
Delporte
Delporte H ⓘ
linked to:
Delporte
Delporte K ⓘ
linked to:
Delporte
Delporte L ⓘ Delporte M ⓘ
linked to:
Delporte
Delporte N ⓘ Delporte P ⓘ Delporte Q ⓘ
linked to:
Delporte
Delporte R ⓘ
linked to:
Delporte
Delporte S ⓘ
linked to:
Delporte
Delporte T ⓘ Delporte U ⓘ
linked to:
Delporte
Delporte V ⓘ Delporte W ⓘ Delporte X ⓘ Delporte Y ⓘ
linked to:
Delporte
Delporte Z ⓘ |
| isInCatalog | IAU lunar nomenclature ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Moon
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lunar far side ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Eugène Delporte ⓘ |
| namingAuthority | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| surfaceType | lunar highlands ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: lunar crater Delporte Description of subject: The lunar crater Delporte is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte, known for his work on minor planets and constellations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.