2658 Gingerich (1980 CK) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13 1980 by Harvard College at Agassiz Station. It rotates quickly with a spin period of 2.9415 hours. Gingerich is also suspected to be a binary asteroid due to a decrease in the magnitude of its lightcurve observed on Nov. 20 2005.[1] It is named for Owen Gingerich.
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