(6671) Concari Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 July 1994 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Italian amateur astronomer Paolo Concari (b. 1978) is an assiduous observer of minor planets from Suno in Novara. The name was suggested by S. Foglia.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Concari is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Concari is 3.29 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6671 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 NC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.0 km (#4,596 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Rotation period | 5.22 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.89 |
| Orbital period | 4.93 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 14.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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