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Also known as (52975) Cyllarus, Cyllarus

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 52975 Cyllarus is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to trans-Neptunian object, asteroid spectral type and apsis.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1998, Centaurs (small Solar System bodies) and Discoveries by Nichole M. Danzl.

Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.

Picture of the Day · NASA

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

Wikidata facts

Instance of
asteroid
Named after
Cyllarus
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
centaur
Orbital period
49225.10981603152
Image
52975 Cyllarus Hubble.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
Nichole M. Danzl
time of discovery or invention
1998-10-12
site of astronomical discovery
Kitt Peak National Observatory
provisional designation
1998 TF35
orbital eccentricity
0.3773499328141605
apparent magnitude
23.93
absolute magnitude
8.9
mean anomaly
96.54900239984575
argument of periapsis
301.8523697507526
longitude of ascending node
51.8523582418384
orbital inclination
12.6290949740326
Commons category
52975 Cyllarus
semi-major axis of an orbit
26.28606098834981
periapsis
16.36701764044708
apoapsis
36.20510433625253
time of periapsis
2447798.7354284427
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