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7272 Darbydyar

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Also known as Darbydyar

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 7272 Darbydyar connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 7001–8000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1980, Discoveries by Zdeňka Vávrová and Gefion asteroids.

Its subject is documented across 19 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
7273 Garyhuss
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
8.04
Orbital period
1696.791252456433
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discoverer or inventor
Zdeňka Vávrová
site of astronomical discovery
Kleť Observatory
provisional designation
1991 RG6
time of discovery or invention
1980-02-21
orbital eccentricity
0.09827050404529751
absolute magnitude
12.76
orbital inclination
9.611355175369098
periapsis
2.510515665338165
apoapsis
3.057707791032566
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.784111728185366
mean anomaly
248.1917579410073
longitude of ascending node
30.08251028464101
argument of periapsis
209.5273946420572
albedo
0.273
rotation period
30.334
time of periapsis
2461527.4867974394
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