51826 Kalpanachawla
| Discovery[1] and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program |
| Discovery date | July 19, 2001 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Kalpana Chawla |
| 2001 OB34 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch February 4, 2008 (JD 2454500.5) | |
| Aphelion | 497.540 Gm (3.326 AU) |
| Perihelion | 422.857 Gm (2.827 AU) |
| 460.199 Gm (3.076 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.081 |
| 1970.735 d (5.40 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 16.95 km/s |
| 328.984° | |
| Inclination | 9.577° |
| 14.358° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ? km |
| Mass | ?×10? kg |
Mean density | ? g/cm³ |
Equatorial surface gravity | ? m/s² |
Equatorial escape velocity | ? km/s |
Sidereal rotation period | ? d |
| ?° | |
Pole ecliptic latitude | ? |
Pole ecliptic longitude | ? |
| 0.10 | |
| Temperature | ~159 K |
| ? | |
| 13.4 | |
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51826 Kalpanachawla (2001 OB34) is an asteroid named for Indian-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla,[3] 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. [4]
References
- ↑ "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets". Cfa-www.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ↑ "Introduction to astorb.dat". Ftp.lowell.edu. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ↑ "Kalpana chawla Asteroid 51826". World News IN. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ↑ "51826 Kalpanachawala | World Newspaper". Worldnewspapers.in. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
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