(6275) Kiryu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1993 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
The city of Kiryu, in the eastern part of Gunma prefecture, is famous for its textile industry and baseball. The Kiryu-Daiichi junior high school won the eighty-first National High School baseball tournament.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kiryu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kiryu is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6275 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 VQ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.04 km (#7,589 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.324 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.94 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0135 |
| Inclination | 2.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.85 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.