51826 Kalpanachawla

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)
16.95 km/s
139.444°
 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

    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]

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