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Discovery
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| Discovered by | J. A. Bruwer |
| Discovery site | The Johannesburg Observatory |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1953 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1660 |
| Named after | Harry Edwin Wood, a British/ South African astronomer |
| Alternate name(s) | 1953 GA |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.12 astronomical unit (AU) |
| Perihelion | 1.667 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.3036933 |
| Orbital period | 1352.9 days |
| Mean anomaly | 358.737 degrees |
| Inclination | 20.55 degrees |
| Longitude of ascending node | 213.085 degrees |
| Argument of perihelion | 276.47 degrees |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.9 |
1660 Wood (1953 GA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 7, 1953, by the astronomet J. A. Bruwer at The Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa.
This asteroid was named for the British/ South African astronomer Harry Edwin Wood (1881 - 1946), who had formerly been the head of the observatory at which this asteroid was discovered, and who had discovered 12 asteroids himself between 1911 and 1928.
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