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(24722) 1991 TK

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Also known as 1991 TK

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, (24722) 1991 TK connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 24001–25000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1991, Background asteroids and Discoveries by Robert H. McNaught.

Vinony links it to 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
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Orbital period
1351.556653424406
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time of discovery or invention
1991-10-01
discoverer or inventor
Robert H. McNaught
site of astronomical discovery
Siding Spring Observatory
provisional designation
1998 QG4
orbital eccentricity
0.06554498982585814
albedo
0.263
absolute magnitude
14.15
orbital inclination
5.120176737498361
periapsis
2.235539161836525
apoapsis
2.549151673990697
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.392345417913611
mean anomaly
304.5801185074868
longitude of ascending node
107.6780512639911
argument of periapsis
47.28880348732444
time of periapsis
2461208.564193231
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