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Also known as Resnik

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 3356 Resnik connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 3001–4000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1984, Background asteroids and Discoveries by Edward L. G. Bowell.

Its subject is documented across 30 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
Judith Resnik
Followed by
3357 Tolstikov
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
4.823
Orbital period
1186.76708907742
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discoverer or inventor
Edward L. G. Bowell
site of astronomical discovery
Anderson Mesa Station
provisional designation
1984 EU
time of discovery or invention
1984-03-06
orbital eccentricity
0.1131126313357472
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.193704089436596
mean anomaly
218.8180185418782
longitude of ascending node
108.2631701865481
argument of periapsis
158.0262473967318
absolute magnitude
13.28
orbital inclination
4.096990294315821
periapsis
1.945568447508433
apoapsis
2.441839731364758
albedo
0.197
rotation period
131.9
time of periapsis
2461465.917025459
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Encyclopedic overview

The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 3001 through 4000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial lists is based on JPL's "Small-Body Orbital Elements" and data available from the Minor Planet Center. Critical list information is also provided by the MPC, unless otherwise specified from Lowell Observatory. A detailed description of the table's columns and additional sources are given on the main page including a complete list of every page in this series, and a statistical break-up on the dynamical classification of minor planets.

Also see the summary list of all named bodies in numerical and alphabetical order, and the corresponding naming citations for the number range of this particular list. New namings may only be added to this list after official publication, as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “3356 Resnik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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