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Within Vinony's link graph, 744 Aguntina is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to asteroid spectral type, asteroid belt and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1913, Background asteroids and Discoveries by Joseph Rheden.
Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.
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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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Key facts
- Discovered by
- J. Rheden
- Discovery site
- Vienna Observatory
- Discovery date
- 26 February 1913
- Pronunciation
- / æ ɡ ə n ˈ t aɪ n ə /
- Named after
- Aguntum , (ancient Roman town)
- Alternative designations
- 1913 QW · 1930 DZ, 1950 TL 4
- Minor planet category
- main-belt · (outer)
- Observation arc
- 103.00 yr (37621 d)
- Aphelion
- 3.5453 AU (530.37 Gm )
- Perihelion
- 2.7953 AU (418.17 Gm)
- Semi major axis
- 3.1703 AU (474.27 Gm)
- Orbital period sidereal
- 5.64 yr (2061.8 d )
- Mean anomaly
- 87.239 °
- Mean motion
- 0° 10 28.56 / day
- Inclination
- 7.7161°
- Longitude of ascending node
- 142.67°
- Argument of perihelion
- 28.637°
- Earth moid
- 1.80382 AU (269.848 Gm)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- asteroid
- Named after
- Aguntum
- Followed by
- 745 Mauritia
- Follows
- 743 Eugenisis
- Parent body
- Sun
- Minor-planet group
- asteroid belt
- Diameter
- 58.636
- Orbital period
- 2071.11375157233
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- discoverer or inventor
- Joseph Rheden
- site of astronomical discovery
- Vienna Observatory
- provisional designation
- A913 DE
- time of discovery or invention
- 1913-02-26
- orbital inclination
- 7.719961617043085
- Commons category
- 744 Aguntina
- albedo
- 0.031
- rotation period
- 17.47
- asteroid spectral type
- F-type asteroid
- absolute magnitude
- 10.36
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.1119333663265064
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 3.179828398203102
- periapsis
- 2.823899501251606
- apoapsis
- 3.535757295154598
- longitude of ascending node
- 142.3439112465025
- argument of periapsis
- 27.78537008038403
- mean anomaly
- 321.1231193370304
- time of periapsis
- 2461224.1623393316
- epoch
- November 21, 2025
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Encyclopedic overview
744 Aguntina, provisional designation 1913 QW, is a rare-type carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 60 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Joseph Rheden at Vienna Observatory, Austria, on 26 February 1913.
The dark F-type asteroid, classified as a FX-subtype in the Tholen taxonomic scheme, orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.8–3.5 AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,062 days). Its orbit is tilted by 8 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic and shows an eccentricity of 0.12.
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