51823 Rickhusband
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program |
| Discovery date | 18 July 2001 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Rick Husband |
| 2001 OY28 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1][2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 7991 days (21.88 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.82690 AU (572.496 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.46726 AU (369.097 Gm) |
| 3.14708 AU (470.796 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.21602 |
| 5.58 yr (2039.2 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 16.59 km/s |
| 138.285° | |
| 0° 10m 35.544s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.5468° |
| 58.0657° | |
| 347.214° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.47734 AU (221.007 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.58011 AU (236.381 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.141 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 0.10 | |
| Temperature | ~157 K |
| 14.3 | |
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51823 Rickhusband (2001 OY28) is an asteroid named for astronaut Rick Husband, who was killed in the STS-107 (Columbia) space shuttle reentry disaster on February 1, 2003. 51823 Rickhusband was discovered on July 18, 2001, at Palomar Observatory by the JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program.
References
- ↑ "The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database". astorb. Lowell Observatory.
- ↑ "51823 Rickhusband (2001 OY28)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
External links
- NASA JPL - Space Shuttle Columbia Tribute page
- Orbital simulation and data for 51823 Rickhusband
- 51823 Rickhusband at the JPL Small-Body Database
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