In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Q151959, and connects out to asteroid belt, Italy and day.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1893, Background asteroids and Ch-type asteroids (SMASS).
Vinony links it to 41 Wikipedia language editions.
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.
via NASA APOD
Key facts
- Discovered by
- Auguste Charlois
- Discovery date
- 21 March 1893
- Named after
- Vincenzo Cerulli
- Alternative designations
- 1893 W; A909 BN;, 1931 AS
- Minor planet category
- Main belt
- Observation arc
- 118.13 yr (43147 d)
- Aphelion
- 3.31800 AU (496.366 Gm )
- Perihelion
- 2.97001 AU (444.307 Gm)
- Semi major axis
- 3.14400 AU (470.336 Gm)
- Orbital period sidereal
- 5.57 yr (2036.2 d )
- Mean anomaly
- 283.472 °
- Mean motion
- 0° 10 36.476 / day
- Inclination
- 10.5798°
- Longitude of ascending node
- 346.728°
- Argument of perihelion
- 332.371°
- Dimensions
- 92 ± 6 km , 87 +14, −6 km
- Synodic rotation period
- 12.7365 h (0.53069 d )
- Geometric albedo
- 0.0800 ± 0.006
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Diameter
- 86.368
- Orbital period
- 2039.588912997826
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- provisional designation
- A909 BN
- time of discovery or invention
- 1893-03-21
- orbital inclination
- 10.5798193369117
- albedo
- 0.091
- rotation period
- 12.7365
- absolute magnitude
- 8.66
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.05978513321487852
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 3.147478777208685
- periapsis
- 2.95930633922226
- apoapsis
- 3.335651215195108
- longitude of ascending node
- 346.285133318545
- argument of periapsis
- 336.8019156731641
- mean anomaly
- 160.0118692419895
- time of periapsis
- 2460093.948793183
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Encyclopedic overview
366 Vincentina is a fairly large main belt asteroid.
Vincentina was discovered on 21 March 1893 by Auguste Charlois, and named after Vincenzo Cerulli, an Italian astronomer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q151959” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.