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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
- Orbital period
- 1327.470323940359
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- time of discovery or invention
- 2009-03-20
- provisional designation
- 2009 FA19
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.1541014481979956
Article · 中文
小行星257248（257248 Chouchiehlun，周杰倫小行星），臨時編號2009 FA19，是一顆位於小行星帶的小行星。由鹿林天文台於2009年3月20日發現。2011年6月18日以台灣知名流行音樂歌手周杰倫的名字命名。這是台灣所發現命名的小行星中，第一顆以藝人為名。巧合的是，命名當天周杰倫獲得第22屆金曲獎演唱類最佳國語男歌手獎。
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