51826 Kalpanachawla

Summary

51826 Kalpanachawla is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 51826 Kalpanachawla is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking^[3].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Kalpana Chawla is named after 51826 Kalpanachawla^[6].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla followed Q2088423^[7].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla was followed by Q2088416^[8].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FB57^[11].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 OB34^[12].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-07-19T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09'}^[15].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08713551350672012'}^[16].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.1'}^[17].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.18'}^[18].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.577'}^[19].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.57533663470154'}^[20].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1968.357889299893'}^[21].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.2'}^[22].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.99621724169613'}^[23].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.073763332997912'}^[24].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.341597279416813'}^[25].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.805929386579012'}^[26].
• 51826 Kalpanachawla's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+51.6'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

51826 Kalpanachawla's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Kalpana Chawla is named after 51826 Kalpanachawla^[6].

Why It Matters

51826 Kalpanachawla has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]