(6797) Ostersund

Asteroid (6797) Ostersund
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type	Main outer belt asteroid
Asteroid family	Koronis family
Major semi-axis	2.9172 AU
eccentricity	0.0703
Perihelion - aphelion	2.7121 AU - 3.1223 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	1.1295 °
Length of the ascending node	321.7832 °
Argument of the periapsis	4.3222 °
Sidereal period	4.98 a
Mean orbital velocity	17.44 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	12.5 mag
history
Explorer	Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets at the La Silla Observatory
Date of discovery	March 21, 1993
Another name	1993 FG ₂₅ , 1985 SZ ₅ , 1985 UH ₆ , 1985 VY ₅ , 1995 UE ₉
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(6797) Östersund is an asteroid of the main outer belt , which was discovered on March 21, 1993 during the Uppsala-ESO Surveys of Asteroids and Comets at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). The asteroid had already been sighted in 1985 at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj , on September 21 (1985 SZ ₅ ), October 18 (1985 UH ₆ ) and November 12 (1985 VY ₅ ).

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis . The ageless (not osculating ) orbital elements of (6797) Östersund are almost identical with those of five smaller (when one of the absolute brightness , 14.5, 15.0, 15.0, 15.7 and 16.7 compared to 12 5) Asteroids: (21993) 1999 XH ₂₆ , (69843) 1998 SL ₂₂ , (104678) 2000 GB ₁₅₂ , (164546) 2006 JY ₃₉ and (307385) 2002 SP ₆₈ .

(6797) Östersund was named on September 28, 1999 after the Swedish city of Östersund .

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