51825 Davidbrown
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | NEAT |
| Discovery date | 19 July 2001 |
| Designations | |
Named after | David McDowell Brown |
| 2001 OQ33 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1][2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 7769 days (21.27 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.17445 AU (474.891 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.75687 AU (412.422 Gm) |
| 2.96566 AU (443.656 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.070403 |
| 5.11 yr (1865.4 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.27 km/s |
| 200.631° | |
| 0° 11m 34.742s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.61932° |
| 23.4610° | |
| 33.5825° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.77185 AU (265.065 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.12042 AU (317.210 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.240 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 0.10 | |
| Temperature | ~162 K |
| 14.2 | |
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51825 Davidbrown (2001 OQ33) is an asteroid named for astronaut David Brown, who was killed in the STS-107 (Columbia) space shuttle reentry disaster on February 1, 2003. 51825 Davidbrown was discovered on July 19, 2001 at Palomar Observatory by the JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program.
References
- ↑ "The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database". astorb. Lowell Observatory.
- ↑ "51825 Davidbrown (2001 OQ33)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
External links
- NASA JPL - Space Shuttle Columbia Tribute page
- Orbital simulation and data for 51825 Davidbrown
- 51825 Davidbrown at the JPL Small-Body Database
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