51826 Kalpanachawla
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program |
| Discovery date | 19 July 2001 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Kalpana Chawla |
| 2001 OB34 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2][3] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 7997 days (21.89 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.33664 AU (499.154 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.81175 AU (420.632 Gm) |
| 3.07419 AU (459.892 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.085371 |
| 5.39 yr (1968.8 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 16.95 km/s |
| 139.444° | |
| 0° 10m 58.278s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.58886° |
| 14.1688° | |
| 51.2282° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.83501 AU (274.514 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.9823 AU (296.55 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.203 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 0.10 | |
| Temperature | ~159 K |
| 14.1 | |
|
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51826 Kalpanachawla (2001 OB34) is an asteroid named for Indian-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla,[4] who was killed in the STS-107 (Columbia) space shuttle reentry disaster on February 1, 2003. 51826 Kalpanachawla was discovered on July 19, 2001 at Palomar Observatory by the JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program.[5]
References
- ↑ "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets". Cfa-www.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ↑ "The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database". astorb. Lowell Observatory.
- ↑ "51826 Kalpanachawla (2001 OB34)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ "Kalpana chawla Asteroid 51826". World News IN. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ↑ "51826 Kalpanachawala | World Newspaper". Worldnewspapers.in. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
External links
- NASA JPL - Space Shuttle Columbia Tribute page
- Orbital simulation and data for 51826 Kalpanachawla
- 51826 Kalpanachawla at the JPL Small-Body Database
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