(51826) Kalpanachawla

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( 51826 ) Kalpanachawla is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on 19 July 2001 by the astronomer Eleanor Helin U.S., on recordings of the project Near Earth Asteroid Tracking ( NEAT), with the 120 - inch Oschin Schmidt telescope at the Palomar Observatory (IAU code 644 ) in California had been made.

It was named after the American astronaut of Indian origin Kalpana Chawla, who came when the space shuttle Columbia disaster killed on 1 February 2003. After all members of the Columbia crew asteroids were named: by Rick Douglas Husband ( 51823 ) Rickhusband, by Michael Philip Anderson ( 51824 ) Mike Anderson, according to David McDowell Brown ( 51825 ) David Brown, Laurel Blair Salton Clark ( 51827 ) Laurelclark, according to Ilan Ramon ( 51828 ) Ilanramon and after William Cameron McCool ( 51829 ) Williemccool.