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Also known as (4833) Meges, Meges

asteroid

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Vinony's link graph records 150 inbound references to 4833 Meges, and connects out to asteroid spectral type, Lagrangian point and La Silla Observatory.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1989, Discoveries by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Jupiter trojans (Greek camp).

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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.

via NASA APOD

Small body data

4833 Meges (1989 AL2)

Orbit class
Jupiter Trojan
Diameter
80.165 km
Albedo
0.076
Rotation period
14.250 h
Absolute magnitude
9.030 H
Earth MOID
3.930 AU

via NASA/JPL Small-Body Database

Wikidata facts

Diameter
80.165
Orbital period
4363.983770599832
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provisional designation
1989 AL2
time of discovery or invention
1989-01-08
orbital eccentricity
0.09138625610981033
orbital inclination
34.73191987350872
periapsis
4.748638417431636
apoapsis
5.703852422296475
semi-major axis of an orbit
5.226245419864055
mean anomaly
124.664096764352
longitude of ascending node
101.7423838544394
argument of periapsis
281.1828831675919
absolute magnitude
9.04
Commons category
4833 Meges
albedo
0.076
rotation period
14.25
time of periapsis
2459489.2997359554
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