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15358 Kintner

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Also known as Kintner

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 15358 Kintner connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 15001–16000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1995, Background asteroids and Discoveries by the Spacewatch project.

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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
15359 Dressler
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
8.534
Orbital period
1672.92616693362
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discoverer or inventor
Spacewatch
time of discovery or invention
1995-03-26
site of astronomical discovery
Kitt Peak National Observatory
orbital eccentricity
0.03253573941641638
orbital inclination
6.045309250034163
periapsis
2.668212997900468
apoapsis
2.84767654264127
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.757944770270869
mean anomaly
255.3719991043957
longitude of ascending node
140.6802348023187
argument of periapsis
38.18136452224937
absolute magnitude
14.19
provisional designation
1995 FM8
albedo
0.08
time of periapsis
2461486.7081124783
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