(6720) Gifu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 November 1990 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Named for the city of 400 000, capital of the prefecture of the same name, site of ancient battlefields and a modern public observatory.Naming citation (19980610/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gifu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gifu is 3.51 au from the Sun and 4.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6720 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VP2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 21.2 km (#2,060 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Rotation period | 4.23 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.29 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 14.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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