(6795) Ornskoldsvik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
On the western coast of the Gulf of Bothnia in the Swedish province of Å ngermanland, Örnsköldsvik is an important center dominated by forestry-related industry. It is the hometown of one of Sweden's most skillful ice-hockey teams, MoDo, where many world-famous players have their roots.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ornskoldsvik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ornskoldsvik is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6795 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FZ12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.08 km (#8,809 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.190 |
| Rotation period | 13.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.81 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 5.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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