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28171 Diannahu

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Also known as (28171) 1998 VV30

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 28171 Diannahu connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 28001–29000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1998, Discoveries by LINEAR and Minor planet object redirects (numbered).

Its subject is documented across 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
1369.694798003216
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time of discovery or invention
1998-11-10
provisional designation
1998 VV30
orbital eccentricity
0.1844474748682733
orbital inclination
1.965395678830444
periapsis
1.968500471043091
apoapsis
2.858902817850269
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.41370164444668
mean anomaly
61.93473659534942
longitude of ascending node
353.1894311322686
argument of periapsis
78.8641594613296
absolute magnitude
15.31
time of periapsis
2460764.8564263047
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