(51827) Laurelclark

Asteroid (51827) Laurelclark
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: January 13, 2016 ( JD 2,457,400.5)
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 .

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