51824 Mikeanderson
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51824 Mikeanderson (provisional designation 2001 OE30) is an Eoan asteroid in the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 19 July 2001, by astronomers of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The asteroid was named for American astronaut and mission payload commander Mike Anderson, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.[5]
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | NEAT |
Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
Discovery date | 19 July 2001 |
Designations | |
(51824) Mikeanderson | |
Named after | Michael P. Anderson [2] (American astronaut) |
2001 OE30 · 1997 UJ24 | |
main-belt · (outer) Eos [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 56.95 yr (20,802 days) |
Aphelion | 3.3400 AU |
Perihelion | 2.6702 AU |
3.0051 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1114 |
5.21 yr (1,903 days) | |
2.6722° | |
0° 11m 21.12s / day | |
Inclination | 9.7722° |
334.41° | |
358.39° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 4.969±1.041 km[4] |
0.149±0.061[4] | |
14.4[1] | |
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