51826 Kalpanachawla

51826 Kalpanachawla

Discovery[1]
Discovered by	JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program
Discovery date	19 July 2001
Designations
Named after	Kalpana Chawla
Alternative names	2001 OB34
Minor planet category	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)
Semi-major axis	3.07419 AU (459.892 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.085371
Orbital period	5.39 yr (1968.8 d)
Average orbital speed	16.95 km/s
Mean anomaly	139.444°
Mean motion	0° 10^m 58.278^s / day
Inclination	9.58886°
Longitude of ascending node	14.1688°
Argument of perihelion	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
Geometric albedo	0.10
Temperature	~159 K
Absolute magnitude (H)	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]

References

1. "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets". Cfa-www.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
2. "The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database". astorb. Lowell Observatory.
3. "51826 Kalpanachawla (2001 OB34)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
4. "Kalpana chawla Asteroid 51826". World News IN. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
5. "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

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters