(51826) Kalpanachawla Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 July 2001 by NEAT at Palomar.
Kalpana Chawla (1961-2003) was a mission specialist on the space shuttle Columbia (STS-107).Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kalpanachawla is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kalpanachawla is 3.29 au from the Sun and 4.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 51826 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 OB34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.95 km (#7,723 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.160 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0871 |
| Inclination | 9.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.