(6102) Visby Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Visby is a city, still surrounded by a medieval wall, on the Swedish island of Gotland.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Visby is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Visby is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6102 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FQ25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.47 km (#11,683 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.292 |
| Rotation period | 3.28 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 1.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 March 1993
- (5630) Billschaefer
- (6528) Boden
- (6796) Sundsvall
- (6797) Ostersund
- (7595) Vaxjo
- (7831) Francois-Xavier
- (8535) Pellesvanslos
- (8536) Mans
- (8537) Billochbull
- (8538) Gammelmaja
- (8697) Olofsson
- (9621) Michaelpalin
More named asteroids discovered by UESAC
- (6252) Montevideo
- (6273) Kiruna
- (6528) Boden
- (6654) Lulea
- (6666) Fro
- (6739) Tarendo
- (6795) Ornskoldsvik
- (6796) Sundsvall
- (6797) Ostersund
- (7248) Alvsjo
- (7292) Prosperin
- (7431) Jettaguilar
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