51826 Kalpanachawla

Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=51826 Kalpanachawla
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program
discovered=July 19, 2001
designations = yes
alt_names=2001 OB₃₄
mp_category=Main belt
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5)
semimajor=460.199 Gm (3.076 AU)
perihelion=422.857 Gm (2.827 AU)
aphelion=497.540 Gm (3.326 AU)
eccentricity=0.081
period=1970.735 d (5.40 a)
inclination=9.577°
asc_node=14.358°
arg_perihelion=51.922°
mean_anomaly=328.984°
avg_speed=16.95 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=? km
mass=?e|? kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
sidereal_day=? d
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=13.4
albedo=0.10
single_temperature=~159 K

51826 Kalpanachawla (2001 OB₃₄) is an asteroid named for Indian-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla, 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.

External links

* [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2003/columbia-tribute.cfm NASA JPL - Space Shuttle Columbia Tribute page]
* [http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?sstr=51826+Kalpanachawla Orbital simulation and data for 51826 Kalpanachawla]