2554 Skiff
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 17 July 1980 |
| Designations | |
| (2554) Skiff | |
Named after | Brian Skiff (American astronomer) |
| 1980 OB · 1931 AB 1970 RE · 1976 GK8 1976 HV | |
| main-belt · (inner) Flora · Levin | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 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 | |
| 6.005±0.052 km 6.23±1.03 km 6.283±0.049 km 7.82 km (calculated) 8.56±0.57 km | |
| 25.6±0.5 h | |
| 0.153±0.022 0.24 (assumed) 0.334±0.139 0.4489±0.0796 | |
| S (assumed) | |
| 12.5 12.51±0.31 12.70 13.00 | |
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. The presumed S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 25.6 hours and was named after astronomer Brian Skiff.