2648 Owa

2648 Owa

Discovery[1]
Discovered by	Edward L. G. Bowell
Discovery site	Anderson Mesa
Discovery date	8 November 1980
Designations
MPC designation	2648
Alternative names	1980 VJ
Minor planet category	Main belt [2]
Orbital characteristics[3][2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	89.35 yr (32636 days)
Aphelion	2.64327 AU (395.428 Gm)
Perihelion	1.85724 AU (277.839 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.25026 AU (336.634 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.174653
Orbital period	3.38 yr (1233.0 d)
Mean anomaly	138.552°
Mean motion	0° 17^m 31.135^s / day
Inclination	4.79623°
Longitude of ascending node	279.934°
Argument of perihelion	131.430°
Earth MOID	0.871279 AU (130.3415 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.72272 AU (407.313 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.603
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	3.563 hours [4]
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.9,[5] 13.0[2]

2648 Owa (1980 VJ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1980 by Edward L. G. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.^[1] It is named for the Hopi Indian word for rock.^[6]

References

1. "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
2. "2648 Owa (1980 VJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
3. "(2648) Owa". AstDyS. University of Pisa. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
4. Johnson; et al. (2008). "Lightcurve Analysis of 102 Miriam, 1433 Geramtina, and 2648 Owa". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 151–152. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..150J.
5. Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
6. Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 216. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved January 1, 2009.

External links

• 2648 Owa at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters