1660 Wood

1660 Wood
Discovery[1]
Discovered byJ. A. Bruwer
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date7 April 1953
Designations
(1660) Wood
Named after
Harry Edwin Wood
(astronomer)[2]
1953 GA · 1931 KL
1933 YC · 1951 RD1
1955 VQ
main-belt · Phocaea[3][4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc86.05 yr (31,429 days)
Aphelion3.1172 AU
Perihelion1.6726 AU
2.3949 AU
Eccentricity0.3016
3.71 yr (1,354 days)
182.68°
0° 15m 57.24s / day
Inclination20.575°
212.94°
276.66°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions11.342±0.113 km[5][6]
12.67 km (calculated)[3]
6.8088±0.0002 h[7]
6.8088±0.0004 h[8]
6.8090±0.0002 h[9]
0.23 (assumed)[3]
0.239±0.035[5][6]
SMASS = S[1] · S[3]
11.32±0.67[10] · 11.7[1][3] · 11.9[5]

1660 Wood, provisional designation 1953 GA, is a stony Phocaea asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. It was named after British–South African astronomer Harry Edwin Wood.

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