(51827) Laurelclark
Asteroid (51827) Laurelclark |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.0300 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1465 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5860 AU - 3.4740 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.2345 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 10.6466 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 92.5555 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | February 28, 2014 |
Sidereal period | 5.27 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.11 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eleanor Helin |
Date of discovery | July 20, 2001 |
Another name | 2001 OH 38 , 1999 GH 23 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(51827) Laurelclark is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on July 20, 2001 by the American astronomer Eleanor Helin , on recordings of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) project taken with the 120 cm Oschin-Schmidt Telescope of the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 644) in California .
The asteroid was named on August 6, 2003 after the American astronaut Laurel Clark , who died as a mission specialist on the Columbia space shuttle when it crashed on February 1, 2003. Asteroids were named after all members of the Columbia crew: after Rick Douglas Husband (51823) Rickhusband , after Michael P. Anderson (51824) Mikeanderson , after David McDowell Brown (51825) Davidbrown , after Kalpana Chawla (51826) Kalpanachawla , after Ilan Ramon (51828) Ilanramon and after William Cameron McCool (51829) Williemccool .
Web links
- (51827) Laurelclark in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (51827) Laurelclark in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances of (51827) Laurelclark according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Asteroids dedicated to fallen Columbia astronauts . NASA press release from August 6, 2003
- ^ Orbits of Asteroids named after Space Shuttle Columbia Crew . Jet Propulsion Laboratory press release from August 10, 2003