(6795) Örnsköldsvik

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Asteroid
(6795) Örnsköldsvik
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6398  AU
eccentricity 0.1251
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3097 AU - 2.9699 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.0596 °
Length of the ascending node 133.9367 °
Argument of the periapsis 193.3580 °
Time of passage of the perihelion March 23, 2016
Sidereal period 4.29 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.32 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.078 (± 0.380) km
Albedo 0.190 (± 0.043)
Absolute brightness 13.7 mag
history
Explorer Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets
at the La Silla Observatory
Date of discovery March 17, 1993
Another name 1993 FZ 12 , 9561 PL
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(6795) Örnsköldsvik is an asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on March 17, 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). The asteroid had already been sighted on October 22, 1960 under the provisional designation 9561 PL as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .

(6795) Örnsköldsvik was named on September 28, 1999 after the Swedish city ​​of Örnsköldsvik .

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Individual evidence

  1. (6795) Örnsköldsvik at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)