(51825)David Brown

David Brown. Asteroid no. 51825 of the series (2001 OQ₃₃), discovered from Mount Palomar (California) by Eleanor F. Helin on July 19, 2001, within the program NEAT (Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking Program).-

Named in honor of David McDowell Brown (1956-2003), mission specialist on the space shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003.-