2648 Owa

2648 Owa
Discovery [1]
Discovered byE. Bowell
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date8 November 1980
Designations
(2648) Owa
Named after
"rock" in Hopi[2]
1980 VJ · 1926 VD
1953 TJ
main-belt[1][3] · (inner)
Flora[4] · background[5][6]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc91.29 yr (33,345 d)
Aphelion2.6438 AU
Perihelion1.8565 AU
2.2502 AU
Eccentricity0.1749
3.38 yr (1,233 d)
12.319°
0° 17m 31.2s / day
Inclination4.7966°
279.91°
131.33°
Physical characteristics
5.40±0.25 km[7]
5.76±0.91 km[8]
5.933±0.160 km[9][10]
6.81 km (calculated)[4]
3.56±0.01 h[11]
3.563±0.002 h[a]
3.563 h[12]
3.5641±0.0001 h[b][c]
3.567±0.002 h[13]
0.24 (assumed)[4]
0.38±0.17[8]
0.4174±0.0904[10]
0.459±0.029[7]
S (assumed)[4]
12.7[10] · 12.80[7]
12.88±0.32[14]
12.90[8] · 13.0[3][4]

2648 Owa, provisional designation 1980 VJ, is a background asteroid from the Flora region of the inner asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers (4 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 8 November 1980, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, in the United States.[1] The presumably S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 3.56 hours.[4] It was named for the word "rock" in the Native American Hopi language.[2]

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