1660 Wood
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. A. Bruwer |
| Discovery site | The Johannesburg Observatory |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1953 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1660 |
Named after | Harry Edwin Wood, a British/ South African astronomer |
| 1953 GA | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.12 astronomical unit (AU) |
| Perihelion | 1.667 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.3036933 |
| 1352.9 days | |
| 358.737 degrees | |
| Inclination | 20.55 degrees |
| 213.085 degrees | |
| 276.47 degrees | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 11.9 | |
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1660 Wood (1953 GA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 7, 1953, by the astronomer 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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