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4742 Caliumi

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Also known as Caliumi

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 4742 Caliumi connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 4001–5000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1986, Discoveries by the Osservatorio San Vittore and Minor planet object redirects (numbered).

Its subject is documented across 24 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
4743 Kikuchi
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
6.55
Orbital period
1366.844275233248
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discoverer or inventor
San Vittore Observatory
provisional designation
1986 WG
time of discovery or invention
1986-11-26
site of astronomical discovery
Bologna
orbital eccentricity
0.2670149029995592
orbital inclination
22.27169524152551
periapsis
1.766751839680148
apoapsis
3.05395146495767
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.410351652318909
mean anomaly
106.6269153004349
longitude of ascending node
242.1549127100973
argument of periapsis
253.6528053118881
absolute magnitude
13.22
albedo
0.277
rotation period
5.479
time of periapsis
2460595.6600312106
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