300 Geraldina

300 Geraldina
Discovery
Discovered by	Auguste Charlois
Discovery date	3 October 1890
Designations
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	115.84 yr (42312 d)
Aphelion	3.38735 AU (506.740 Gm)
Perihelion	3.02385 AU (452.362 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.20560 AU (479.551 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.056698
Orbital period	5.74 yr (2096.3 d)
Average orbital speed	16.63 km/s
Mean anomaly	312.717°
Mean motion	0° 10^m 18.221^s / day
Inclination	0.732270°
Longitude of ascending node	42.6693°
Argument of perihelion	325.681°
Earth MOID	2.02139 AU (302.396 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.93057 AU (288.809 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.190
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	7004801800000000000♠80.18±2.3 km
Mass	unknown
Mean density	unknown
Equatorial surface gravity	unknown
Equatorial escape velocity	unknown
Rotation period	6.8423 h (0.28510 d)
Geometric albedo	6998397000000000000♠0.0397±0.002
Temperature	unknown
Spectral type	unknown
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.8

300 Geraldina is a large Main belt asteroid.^[1] It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on October 3, 1890 in Nice.

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