(6102) Visby

Asteroid (6102) Visby
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type	Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.5988 AU
eccentricity	0.1645
Perihelion - aphelion	2.1712 AU - 3.0263 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	1.7597 °
Length of the ascending node	310.8027 °
Argument of the periapsis	358.3730 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	July 22, 2019
Sidereal period	4.19 a
Mean orbital velocity	18.47 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	4.473 (± 0.168) km
Albedo	0.292 (± 0.077)
Absolute brightness	13.8 mag
history
Explorer	Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets at the La Silla Observatory
Date of discovery	March 21, 1993
Another name	1993 FQ ₂₅ , 1990 TV ₁₁ , 1991 YQ ₂
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(6102) Visby is an asteroid located in the main central belt . It was discovered on March 21, 1993 as part of the Uppsala-ESO Surveys of Asteroids and Comets at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). There had been several sightings of the asteroid before, for example from October 10th to 14th, 1990 under the provisional designation 1990 TV ₁₁ at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg and on December 31, 1991 (1991 YQ ₂ ) at the Steward Observatory's outstation at Kitt Peak .

The mean diameter of the asteroid was calculated to be 4.473 (± 0.168) km , the albedo as 0.292 (± 0.077).

(6102) Visby was named after the Swedish city of Visby on September 28, 1999 .

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