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19918 Stavby

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Also known as (19918) 1977 PB, 1977 PB

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 19918 Stavby connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 19001–20000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1977, Discoveries by Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist and Eunomia asteroids.

Its subject is documented across 7 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
19919 Pogorelov
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
7.546
Orbital period
1572.971532869245
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orbital eccentricity
0.1337866246820803
albedo
0.200
absolute magnitude
12.99
orbital inclination
13.54963235855488
periapsis
2.292836972376151
apoapsis
3.00109414831251
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.646965560344331
mean anomaly
134.7061850081836
longitude of ascending node
132.1481821279888
argument of periapsis
111.9323593812219
discoverer or inventor
Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist
time of discovery or invention
1977-08-06
provisional designation
1977 PB
rotation period
7.6897
site of astronomical discovery
Mount Stromlo Observatory
time of periapsis
2460411.919460224
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