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It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1888, Background asteroids and C-type asteroids (SMASS).
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Picture of the Day · NASA
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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Key facts
- Discovered by
- Johann Palisa
- Discovery date
- 15 April 1888
- Pronunciation
- / s eɪ p i ˈ ɛ n ʃ ə /
- Named after
- Sapientia
- Alternative designations
- A888 GB, 1906 AB, 1962 GE, 1962 HA
- Minor planet category
- Main belt
- Observation arc
- 124.23 yr (45374 d)
- Aphelion
- 3.22294 AU (482.145 Gm )
- Perihelion
- 2.31754 AU (346.699 Gm)
- Semi major axis
- 2.77024 AU (414.422 Gm)
- Orbital period sidereal
- 4.61 yr (1684.1 d )
- Mean anomaly
- 300.952 °
- Mean motion
- 0° 12 49.54 / day
- Inclination
- 4.76416°
- Longitude of ascending node
- 134.097°
- Argument of perihelion
- 40.0578°
- Dimensions
- 103 km , 95.48 ± 1.11 km
- Mass
- (1.538 ± 0.727/0.322) × 10 kg
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Diameter
- 103.0
- Orbital period
- 1687.347943610878
- Image
- Орбита астероида 275.png
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- provisional designation
- 1962 HA
- time of discovery or invention
- 1888-04-15
- orbital inclination
- 4.765853424629992
- albedo
- 0.049
- rotation period
- 14.933
- absolute magnitude
- 9.04
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.1621300911539843
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 2.773772340347328
- periapsis
- 2.324060377966415
- apoapsis
- 3.22348430272824
- longitude of ascending node
- 133.9684571681575
- argument of periapsis
- 38.83329300506256
- mean anomaly
- 308.8440123654152
- time of periapsis
- 2461240.2720848294
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Encyclopedic overview
275 Sapientia is a very large main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Austrain astronomer Johann Palisa on 15 April 1888 in Vienna. This object is named for the Roman personification of wisdom, Sophia.
This object is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.77 km with an eccentricity of 0.16 and an orbital period of 4.61 km. The orbital period is inclined at an angle of 4.76° It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q150022” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.