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14541 Sacrobosco

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Also known as (14541) 1997 SF, 1997 SF, Sacrobosco

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 14541 Sacrobosco connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 14001–15000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1997, Discoveries by Jana Tichá and Discoveries by Miloš Tichý.

Its subject is documented across 8 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
Followed by
14542 Karitskaya
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
7.426
Orbital period
2003.963158195126
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site of astronomical discovery
Kleť Observatory
orbital eccentricity
0.1520080758951133
albedo
0.097
orbital inclination
6.283876177908017
periapsis
2.637865130194204
apoapsis
3.583574143484375
absolute magnitude
14.24
semi-major axis of an orbit
3.110719636839289
mean anomaly
351.8026377726309
longitude of ascending node
86.57019832702689
argument of periapsis
322.6254821193542
time of discovery or invention
1997-09-20
discoverer or inventor
Kleť Observatory
provisional designation
1987 WS1
rotation period
7.69532
time of periapsis
2461046.1311441613
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