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21367 Edwardpleva

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Also known as (21367) 1997 LU1, Edwardpleva

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 21367 Edwardpleva connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 21001–22000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1997, Background asteroids and Discoveries by the Spacewatch project.

Its subject is documented across 7 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
21368 Shiodayama
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Orbital period
1892.794045422552
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discoverer or inventor
Spacewatch
site of astronomical discovery
Kitt Peak National Observatory
provisional designation
1998 QP66
time of discovery or invention
1997-06-02
orbital eccentricity
0.05869476573979994
absolute magnitude
13.36
orbital inclination
12.78491673317013
periapsis
2.818818391604914
apoapsis
3.170351303855895
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.994584847730404
mean anomaly
231.4146173539787
longitude of ascending node
199.164180052037
argument of periapsis
344.3258758389276
time of periapsis
2461676.571240558
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