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Also known as (28963) 2001 FY121, Tamyiu

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 28963 Tamyiu connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 28001–29000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 2001, Discoveries by William K. Y. Yeung 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
Followed by
28964 Ashokverma
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Orbital period
1346.118604149626
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discoverer or inventor
William Kwong Yu Yeung
time of discovery or invention
2001-03-29
site of astronomical discovery
Desert Beaver Observatory
provisional designation
1997 EV13
orbital eccentricity
0.1635338663400555
argument of periapsis
47.28053245372354
absolute magnitude
15.59
orbital inclination
2.302131052348495
periapsis
1.99574459587361
apoapsis
2.776103338103729
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.385923966988669
mean anomaly
227.1932782196811
longitude of ascending node
190.5639451968545
time of periapsis
2461497.093330402
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