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25686 Stephoskins

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Also known as Stephoskins

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 25686 Stephoskins connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 25001–26000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 2000, Background asteroids and Discoveries by LINEAR.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Picture of the Day · NASA

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.

via NASA APOD

Wikidata facts

Instance of
asteroid
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Orbital period
1299.771173798463
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time of discovery or invention
2000-01-05
provisional designation
2000 AF117
orbital eccentricity
0.1954002296056964
orbital inclination
5.856950972485659
periapsis
1.875392696586373
apoapsis
2.786285731850947
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.33083921421866
mean anomaly
194.6222551036343
longitude of ascending node
178.5206714739854
argument of periapsis
177.3664523520963
absolute magnitude
14.72
time of periapsis
2461597.592293345
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