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11524 Pleyel

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Also known as Pleyel, (11524) Pleyel

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 11524 Pleyel connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 11001–12000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1991, Background asteroids and Discoveries by Eric Walter Elst.

Vinony links it to 19 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
Named after
Ignaz Pleyel
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
5.439
Orbital period
1351.290683819534
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discoverer or inventor
Eric Walter Elst
site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory
provisional designation
1992 WA6
time of discovery or invention
1991-08-02
orbital eccentricity
0.123592168244518
orbital inclination
9.421248797741761
periapsis
2.096395185680457
apoapsis
2.687667917638208
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.392031551659333
mean anomaly
272.6526827893996
longitude of ascending node
323.9066237291761
argument of periapsis
170.2005336637548
absolute magnitude
14.15
albedo
0.187
time of periapsis
2461328.365600009
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