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Also known as (13599) 1994 PM21, Lisbon

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Within Vinony's link graph, 13599 Lisbon connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 13001–14000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1994, Background asteroids and Discoveries by Eric Walter Elst.

Its subject is documented across 11 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
Named after
Lisbon
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
3.415
Orbital period
1505.877220181597
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site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory
discoverer or inventor
Eric Walter Elst
provisional designation
1994 PM21
time of discovery or invention
1994-08-12
orbital eccentricity
0.2480153833279916
argument of periapsis
220.6839175546072
absolute magnitude
14.75
orbital inclination
7.427990112686457
periapsis
1.933465294114691
apoapsis
3.208834830777377
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.571150062446034
mean anomaly
184.5067114953955
longitude of ascending node
154.4786663330222
albedo
0.24
time of periapsis
2461734.587070705
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