51825 Davidbrown
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51825 Davidbrown (provisional designation 2001 OQ33) is an Eoan asteroid in the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 19 July 2001, by astronomers of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The asteroid was named for American astronaut David Brown, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.[5]
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | NEAT |
Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
Discovery date | 19 July 2001 |
Designations | |
(51825) Davidbrown | |
Named after | David McDowell Brown [2] (American astronaut) |
2001 OQ33 · 1994 CZ14 1999 CO55 | |
main-belt · (outer) Eos [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 23.79 yr (8,691 days) |
Aphelion | 3.1755 AU |
Perihelion | 2.7587 AU |
2.9671 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0702 |
5.11 yr (1,867 days) | |
316.75° | |
0° 11m 34.08s / day | |
Inclination | 9.6190° |
23.457° | |
33.210° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 4.913±0.760 km[4] |
0.184±0.032[4] | |
14.2[1] | |
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