51828 Ilanramon
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program |
| Discovery date | July 20, 2001 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Ilan Ramon |
| 2001 OU39 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch February 4, 2008 (JD 2454500.5) | |
| Aphelion | 469.348 Gm (3.137 AU) |
| Perihelion | 360.211 Gm (2.408 AU) |
| 414.779 Gm (2.773 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| 1686.303 d (4.62 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.81 km/s |
| 49.211° | |
| Inclination | 9.474° |
| 41.796° | |
| 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 | ~167 K |
| ? | |
| 13.4 | |
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51828 Ilanramon (2001 OU39) is an asteroid named for astronaut Ilan Ramon, who was killed in the STS-107 (Columbia) space shuttle reentry disaster on February 1, 2003. 51828 Ilanramon was discovered on July 20, 2001 at Palomar Observatory by the JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program.
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