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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.

apoapsis (km)
4.9754e+11
average speed (km/s)
61020.0
orbital period (μ)
1.70272e+08
periapsis (km)
4.22857e+11
temperature (K)
159.0
absolute magnitude
13.4
albedo
0.1
discovery date
2001-07-19
discoverer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
epoch
February 4 2008 (JD 2454500.5)
former name
2001 OB34

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