51829 Williemccool
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | NEAT |
| Discovery date | 21 July 2001 |
| Designations | |
Named after | William Cameron McCool |
| 2001 OD41 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1][2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 7293 days (19.97 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.40146 AU (359.253 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.15481 AU (322.355 Gm) |
| 2.27814 AU (340.805 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.054134 |
| 3.44 yr (1255.9 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 19.72 km/s |
| 159.290° | |
| 0° 17m 11.897s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.56557° |
| 93.3508° | |
| 119.353° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.15671 AU (173.041 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.58296 AU (386.405 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.594 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 0.10 | |
| Temperature | ~184 K |
| 15.2 | |
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51829 Williemccool (2001 OD41) is an asteroid named for astronaut Willie McCool, who was killed in the STS-107 (Columbia) space shuttle reentry disaster on February 1, 2003. 51829 Williemccool was discovered on July 21, 2001 at Palomar Observatory by the JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program.
References
- ↑ "The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database". astorb. Lowell Observatory.
- ↑ "51829 Williemccool (2001 OD41)". 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 51829 Williemccool
- 51829 Williemccool at the JPL Small-Body Database
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