(51827) Laurelclark

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( 51827 ) Laurelclark is an asteroid of the outer main belt, which was discovered on July 20, 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 of the Palomar Observatory (IAU code 644 ) in California had been made.

The asteroid was named on 6 August 2003 by the U.S. astronaut Laurel Blair Salton Clark, who came as a mission specialist in the space shuttle Columbia in the crash on 1 February 2003 killed. 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, after Kalpana Chawla ( 51826 ) Kalpanachawla, Ilan Ramon ( 51828 ) Ilanramon and after William Cameron McCool ( 51829 ) Williemccool.

Orbital inclination Longitude of the ascending node Argument of periapsis Orbital speed Intrinsic brightness Eleanor F. Helin Minor planet designation (51823) Rickhusband (51824) Mikeanderson David M. Brown (51825) Davidbrown (51826) Kalpanachawla (51828) Ilanramon (51829) Williemccool Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, California Minor Planet Center International Astronomical Union Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge (Massachusetts)
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