3350 Scobee

Scobee
Discovery
Discovered by Bowell, E.
Discovery site Anderson Mesa, Lowell Observatory
Discovery date 8 August 1980
Designations
MPC designation 3350
Named after
Dick Scobee
1980 PJ
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 23130 days (63.33 yr)
Aphelion 2.78518 AU (416.657 Gm)
Perihelion 1.83561 AU (274.603 Gm)
2.3103914 AU (345.62963 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.2054999
3.51 yr (1282.7 d)
32.17218°
 16m 50.365s / day
Inclination 3.409923°
353.72360°
330.89453°
Earth MOID 0.822605 AU (123.0600 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.53697 AU (379.525 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.554
Physical characteristics
14.5

    3350 Scobee (1980 PJ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 1980 by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa station of the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff. It is named after Dick Scobee, commander of the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger destroyed during launch of the STS-51-L mission. The asteroids 3351 Smith, 3352 McAuliffe, 3353 Jarvis, 3354 McNair, 3355 Onizuka and 3356 Resnik commemorate the other crew members.

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