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11102 Bertorighini

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Also known as Bertorighini

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 11102 Bertorighini connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 11001–12000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It is catalogued under topics including Astraea asteroids, Astronomical objects discovered in 1995 and Discoveries by Luciano Tesi.

Its subject is documented across 17 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
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
3.842
Orbital period
1519.022763216104
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discoverer or inventor
Luciano Tesi
site of astronomical discovery
Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory
provisional designation
1995 SZ4
time of discovery or invention
1995-09-26
orbital eccentricity
0.1154559757871268
orbital inclination
2.729295304360734
periapsis
2.287511869726748
apoapsis
2.884671327740059
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.586091598733403
mean anomaly
57.06455716414006
longitude of ascending node
202.9258560040912
argument of periapsis
167.8168998265697
absolute magnitude
14.42
albedo
0.274
time of periapsis
2460759.715663041
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