648 Pippa is a
minor planet orbiting the
Sun.
Photometric measurements made from the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory during 2012 gave a
light curve with a period of 9.263 ± 0.001 hours and a variation in brightness of 0.31 ± 0.03 in magnitude. This is inconsistent with a period estimate of 5.2 ± 0.3 made in 2004.
It was named after Pippa, the title character in
Gerhardt Hauptmann
Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He recei ...
's novel ''
Und Pippa tanzt''.
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Discoveries by August Kopff
Named minor planets
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