51826 Kalpanachawla
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51826 Kalpanachawla (provisional designation 2001 OB34) is an Eoan asteroid in the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 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 Indo-American astronaut and mission specialist Kalpana Chawla, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | NEAT |
Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
Discovery date | 19 July 2001 |
Designations | |
(51826) Kalpanachawla | |
Named after | Kalpana Chawla [2] (Indo-American astronaut) |
2001 OB34 · 1999 FB57 | |
main-belt · (outer) Eos [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 22.15 yr (8,090 days) |
Aphelion | 3.3368 AU |
Perihelion | 2.8107 AU |
3.0737 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0856 |
5.39 yr (1,968 days) | |
249.53° | |
0° 10m 58.44s / day | |
Inclination | 9.5889° |
14.167° | |
50.931° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 6.947±0.799 km[4] |
0.160±0.057[4] | |
14.1[1] | |
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