51827 Laurelclark
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | NEAT |
| Discovery date | 20 July 2001 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Laurel Clark |
| 2001 OH38 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1][2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 8625 days (23.61 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.47404 AU (519.709 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.58599 AU (386.859 Gm) |
| 3.03001 AU (453.283 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14654 |
| 5.27 yr (1926.5 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.01 km/s |
| 127.710° | |
| 0° 11m 12.728s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.2345° |
| 10.6466° | |
| 92.5555° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.62763 AU (243.490 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.7657 AU (264.14 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.203 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 0.10 | |
| Temperature | ~160 K |
| 14.1 | |
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51827 Laurelclark (2001 OH38) is an asteroid named for astronaut Laurel Clark, who was killed in the STS-107 (Columbia) space shuttle reentry disaster on February 1, 2003. 51827 Laurelclark was discovered on July 20, 2001 at Palomar Observatory by the JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program.
References
- ↑ "The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database". astorb. Lowell Observatory.
- ↑ "51827 Laurelclark (2001 OH38)". 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 51827 Laurelclark
- 51827 Laurelclark at the JPL Small-Body Database
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