51829 Williemccool
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51829 Williemccool (provisional designation 2001 OD41) is a Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 July 2001, by astronomers of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The asteroid was named in memory of American astronaut and pilot William C. McCool, 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 | 21 July 2001 |
Designations | |
(51829) Williemccool | |
Named after | William C. McCool [2] (American astronaut) |
2001 OD41 · 2000 AQ162 | |
main-belt · (inner) Vesta [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 21.28 yr (7,773 days) |
Aphelion | 2.4023 AU |
Perihelion | 2.1540 AU |
2.2782 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0545 |
3.44 yr (1,256 days) | |
331.36° | |
0° 17m 11.76s / day | |
Inclination | 7.5659° |
93.340° | |
119.31° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 1.9 km (est. at 0.40)[4] |
0.40 (assumed)[4] | |
15.2[1] | |
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