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10927 Vaucluse

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Also known as Vaucluse

asteroid

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Within Vinony's link graph, 10927 Vaucluse connects to HTML element, list of minor planets: 10001–11000 and JPL Small-Body Database.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1998, Background asteroids and Discoveries by René Roy (astronomer).

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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
Named after
Vaucluse
Followed by
10928 Caprara
Parent body
Sun
Minor-planet group
asteroid belt
Diameter
7.921
Orbital period
1533.531825982195
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discoverer or inventor
René Roy
provisional designation
1998 BB42
time of discovery or invention
1998-01-29
site of astronomical discovery
Blauvac
orbital eccentricity
0.1288199758785134
orbital inclination
6.703566613341448
periapsis
2.267274758395449
apoapsis
2.937791233979224
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.602532996187336
mean anomaly
300.0113124864243
longitude of ascending node
14.14397741904529
argument of periapsis
34.46515067487083
absolute magnitude
14.34
albedo
0.081
rotation period
5.482
time of periapsis
2461256.040448614
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