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10861 Ciske

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Also known as Ciske

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 10861 Ciske connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 10001–11000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1995, Chloris asteroids and Discoveries by the Spacewatch project.

Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.

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Pathfinder on Mars

Pathfinder on Mars

2026-07-04

On July 4th, 1997, using its own array of fireworks, a parachute, and a cocoon of airbags, the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft bounced like a giant beach ball at least 15 times before it came to rest on the surface of Mars at 10:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time. After its then novel airbag-assisted landing sequence was completed, Pathfinder transmitted this color mosaic to mission operators on Earth. In the scene from another world, the Mars Sojourner robot rover is visible in the foreground, crouched on top of the unfolded Pathfinder. About the size of a large house cat, the six-wheeled, solar-powered Sojourner became the first successful Martian rover. Surrounding Pathfinder are deflated airbags and the rock-strewn terrain of the Ares Vallis floodplain. In the distance Martian hills appear against a dusty brownish sky. The Pathfinder lander was subsequently renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
asteroid
Followed by
(10862) 1995 QE2
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
8.646
Orbital period
1631.679083129048
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discoverer or inventor
Spacewatch
site of astronomical discovery
Kitt Peak National Observatory
provisional designation
1995 MG1
time of discovery or invention
1995-06-22
orbital eccentricity
0.2966294893718578
orbital inclination
8.998915990027424
periapsis
1.907838912541332
apoapsis
3.517008685455191
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.712423798998262
mean anomaly
139.3917780106887
longitude of ascending node
158.9760255620492
argument of periapsis
244.4385333606455
absolute magnitude
13.82
albedo
0.049
time of periapsis
2460368.714865166
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