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5245 Maslyakov

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Also known as Maslyakov, (5245) Maslyakov

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 5245 Maslyakov connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 5001–6000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1976, Background asteroids and Discoveries by Nikolai Chernykh.

Its subject is documented across 22 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
5246 Migliorini
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
3.952
Orbital period
1160.625428129448
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discoverer or inventor
Nikolai Chernykh
site of astronomical discovery
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
provisional designation
1986 OB
time of discovery or invention
1976-04-01
orbital eccentricity
0.1040461436823626
orbital inclination
3.255773139418968
periapsis
1.936487714256664
apoapsis
2.386252124635512
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.161369919446088
mean anomaly
192.9809917219576
longitude of ascending node
146.0259836639044
argument of periapsis
87.666373534016
absolute magnitude
13.92
albedo
0.355
rotation period
10.2
Commons category
5245 Maslyakov
time of periapsis
2461538.96252219
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