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19 Fortuna is a large asteroid located in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. It was one of the earliest asteroids to be discovered and remains scientifically interesting as a well-studied member of a major population of rocky bodies in our solar system.
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Picture of the Day · NASA
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
- Diameter
- 200.0
- Mass
- 12.7
- Orbital period
- 1393.90713348928
- Image
- 19Fortuna-LB1-crab-mag11.jpg
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Article · 中文
命神星（Fortuna）是第19颗被人类发现的小行星，于1852年8月22日发现。命神星的直径为225.0千米，质量为1.2×1019千克，公转周期为1393.378天。 命神星的名字來自羅馬神話中的命運女神福爾圖娜。 Baer最早通过沃神星的摄动测得命神星的质量约为1.08×1019千克。Baer最近的估计认为其质量约为1.27×1019千克。
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