51823 Rickhusband

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)
16.59 km/s
138.285°
 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

    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.

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