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34996 Mitokoumon

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Also known as (34996) 1977 DH4, Mitokoumon

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 34996 Mitokoumon connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 34001–35000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1977, Background asteroids and Discoveries by Hiroki Kosai.

Vinony links it to 8 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
Diameter
4.165
Orbital period
1508.416092734608
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time of discovery or invention
1977-02-18
discoverer or inventor
Kiichirō Furukawa
site of astronomical discovery
Kiso Observatory
provisional designation
1998 FR105
orbital eccentricity
0.1627443882276438
orbital inclination
11.47022737313577
periapsis
2.155128750207307
apoapsis
2.992949614165056
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.574039182186182
mean anomaly
350.0041203035407
longitude of ascending node
348.6906707294106
argument of periapsis
81.60966553744065
absolute magnitude
14.25
albedo
0.233
time of periapsis
2461042.3831827645
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