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22843 Stverak

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Also known as Stverak

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 22843 Stverak connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 22001–23000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

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

Its subject is documented across 12 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
9.008
Orbital period
1615.371610437309
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time of discovery or invention
1999-09-08
provisional designation
1999 RF107
orbital eccentricity
0.135909183791051
orbital inclination
2.8053065309792
periapsis
2.328138085782887
apoapsis
3.060504038657679
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.694321062220283
mean anomaly
160.8568504341183
longitude of ascending node
298.5905259977174
argument of periapsis
234.4217619468385
absolute magnitude
14.14
albedo
0.039
time of periapsis
2460278.7122512897
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