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21682 Peštafrantišek

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Also known as Peštafrantišek

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 21682 Peštafrantišek connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 21001–22000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1999, Background asteroids and Discoveries by Peter Kušnirák.

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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
21683 Segal
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
3.453
Orbital period
1415.846842742197
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discoverer or inventor
Peter Kušnirák
site of astronomical discovery
Ondřejov Observatory
provisional designation
1999 RT32
time of discovery or invention
1999-09-09
orbital eccentricity
0.07846303689045353
periapsis
2.274004533280439
apoapsis
2.661238705595741
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.46762161943809
mean anomaly
56.42239547308981
longitude of ascending node
90.66667537956903
argument of periapsis
111.0627620601397
absolute magnitude
15.16
orbital inclination
8.522552344618555
albedo
0.148
time of periapsis
2460778.595915304
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