2554 Skiff

2554 Skiff
Discovery [1]
Discovered byE. Bowell
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date17 July 1980
Designations
(2554) Skiff
Named after
Brian Skiff [1]
(American astronomer)
1980 OB · 1931 AB
1970 RE · 1976 GK8
1976 HV
main-belt [1][2] · (inner)
Flora [3][4] · Levin [5][6]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc64.13 yr (23,423 d)
Aphelion2.5915 AU
Perihelion1.9355 AU
2.2635 AU
Eccentricity0.1449
3.41 yr (1,244 d)
57.298°
0° 17m 21.84s / day
Inclination4.8597°
296.38°
333.74°
Physical characteristics
6.005±0.052 km[7]
6.23±1.03 km[8]
6.283±0.049 km[9]
7.82 km (calculated)[4]
8.56±0.57 km[10]
25.6±0.5 h[11]
0.153±0.022[10]
0.24 (assumed)[4]
0.334±0.139[8]
0.4489±0.0796[9]
S (assumed)[4]
12.5[9]
12.51±0.31[12]
12.70[2][4][8]
13.00[10]

2554 Skiff, provisional designation 1980 OB, is a Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 17 July 1980, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona.[1] The presumed S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 25.6 hours and was named after astronomer Brian Skiff.[1]

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