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3706 Sinnott

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Also known as Sinnott

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 3706 Sinnott connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 3001–4000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1984, Background asteroids and Discoveries by Brian A. Skiff.

Its subject is documented across 25 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
3707 Schröter
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
4.49
Orbital period
1183.48352008826
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discoverer or inventor
Brian A. Skiff
site of astronomical discovery
Anderson Mesa Station
provisional designation
1986 GH
time of discovery or invention
1984-09-28
orbital eccentricity
0.09776758633195201
mean anomaly
178.5569877017812
longitude of ascending node
136.9742763536657
argument of periapsis
310.3291729976271
absolute magnitude
14.02
orbital inclination
3.510149647803679
periapsis
1.975578468223257
apoapsis
2.40373319980138
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.189655834012318
albedo
0.241
rotation period
4.038
time of periapsis
2460413.502076829
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