(1660) Wood Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 1953 by J. A. Bruwer at Johannesburg.
Where Wood is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wood is 1.71 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1660 |
| Provisional designation | 1953 GA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.3 km (#4,389 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.239 |
| Rotation period | 6.81 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.67 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.301 |
| Inclination | 20.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.819 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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