Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | J. A. Bruwer |
Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
Discovery date | 7 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 arc | 86.05 yr (31,429 days) |
Aphelion | 3.1172 AU |
Perihelion | 1.6726 AU |
2.3949 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.3016 |
3.71 yr (1,354 days) | |
182.68° | |
0° 15m 57.24s / day | |
Inclination | 20.575° |
212.94° | |
276.66° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 11.342±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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