6102 Visby

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6102 Visby
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by UESAC
Discovery site La Silla Obs.
Discovery date21 March 1993
Designations
(6102) Visby
Named after
 Visby (Swedish town) [2]
1993 FQ25 ·1990 TV11
1991 YQ2
main-belt  ·(middle)
background
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 27.87 yr (10,178 days)
Aphelion 3.0260 AU
Perihelion 2.1704 AU
2.5982 AU
Eccentricity 0.1646
4.19 yr (1,530 days)
198.43°
0° 14m 7.08s / day
Inclination 1.7601°
310.81°
358.44°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions4.473±0.168  km [3] [4]
5.16 km (calculated) [5]
3.28±0.01  h [6]
0.20 (assumed) [5]
0.292±0.077 [3] [4]
S   [5] [7]
13.7 [3]  ·13.72±0.21 [7]  ·13.76±0.18(R) [6]  ·13.8 [1] [5]

    6102 Visby, provisional designation 1993 FQ25, is a stony background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) in diameter.

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    The asteroid was discovered on 21 March 1993, during the Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets (UESAC) at the ESO's La Silla Observatory site in northern Chile. [8] It is UESAC's lowest numbered discoveries (among more than 1,100 asteroids). It was named for the Swedish town of Visby. [2]

    Orbit and classification

    Visby is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.2–3.0  AU once every 4 years and 2 months (1,530 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] A first precovery was taken at Palomar Observatory in 1989, extending the body's observation arc by 4 years prior to its official discovery observation at La Silla. [8]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after Visby, a Swedish town on the island of Gotland, known for its medieval and Hanseatic history (also see List of Gotland-related asteroids). [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 September 1999 ( M.P.C. 36126). [9]

    Physical characteristics

    Visby has been characterized as a common S-type asteroid by PanSTARRS ' photometric survey.

    Rotation period

    A rotational lightcurve of Visby was obtained from photometric observations at the Palomar Transient Factory in February 2013. It gave a rotation period of 3.28±0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.28 in magnitude ( U=2+ ). [6]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Visby measures 4.5 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.29, [3] [4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 5.2 kilometers. [5]

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