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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.

apoapsis (km)
3.59583e+11
average speed (km/s)
70992.0
orbital period (μ)
1.08541e+08
periapsis (km)
3.22142e+11
temperature (K)
184.0
absolute magnitude
14.7
albedo
0.1
discovery date
2001-07-21
discoverer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
epoch
February 4 2008 (JD 2454500.5)

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