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Smith
Discovery
Discovered byE. Bowell
Discovery siteFlagstaff
Discovery date7 September 1980
Designations
3351
Named after
Michael J. Smith
1980 RN1; 1959 TL; 1975 TM6; 1975 TO4; 1975 TX3
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc20615 days (56.44 yr)
Aphelion3.8606226 AU (577.54092 Gm)
Perihelion2.2180825 AU (331.82042 Gm)
3.039353 AU (454.6807 Gm)
Eccentricity0.2702122
5.30 yr (1935.4 d)
216.58280°
0° 11m 9.63s / day
Inclination13.24396°
185.81084°
182.10717°
Earth MOID1.21536 AU (181.815 Gm)
Jupiter MOID1.59595 AU (238.751 Gm)
TJupiter3.145
Physical characteristics
12.9

33151 Smith (1980 RN1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1980 by Edward Bowell from the Lowell Observatory in Anderson Mesa, at southwest from Flagstaff (Arizona). 3351 is named in honor of Michael J. Smith, late pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger. The asteroids 3350 Scobee, 3352 McAuliffe, 3353 Jarvis, 3354 McNair, 3355 Onizuka and 3356 Resnik commemorate the other crew members.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "3351 Smith (1980 RN1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (6th ed.). Berlin: Springer. pp. 262–3. ISBN 9783642297182.


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