(51828) Ilanramon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 July 2001 by NEAT at Palomar.
Ilan Ramon (1954-2003), an Israeli citizen, was a payload specialist on the space shuttle Columbia (STS-107).Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ilanramon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ilanramon is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 51828 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 OU39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.55 km (#9,642 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.190 |
| Rotation period | 3.61 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 9.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 20 July 2001
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