2554 Skiff
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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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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | E. Bowell |
Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
Discovery date | 17 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 arc | 64.13 yr (23,423 d) |
Aphelion | 2.5915 AU |
Perihelion | 1.9355 AU |
2.2635 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1449 |
3.41 yr (1,244 d) | |
57.298° | |
0° 17m 21.84s / day | |
Inclination | 4.8597° |
296.38° | |
333.74° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 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] | |
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