359 Georgia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 10 March 1893 |
| Designations | |
Named after | King George II |
| 1893 M | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 114.10 yr (41676 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.1562 AU (472.16 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2999 AU (344.06 Gm) |
| 2.7280 AU (408.10 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.15693 |
| 4.51 yr (1645.8 d) | |
| 323.972° | |
| 0° 13m 7.464s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.7716° |
| 6.0731° | |
| 338.526° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.2935 AU (193.50 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.24997 AU (336.591 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.328 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 43.89±4.2 km |
| Mass | unknown |
Mean density | unknown |
Equatorial surface gravity | unknown |
Equatorial escape velocity | unknown |
| 5.537 h (0.2307 d) | |
| 0.2621±0.059 | |
| Temperature | unknown |
| X | |
| 8.86 | |
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359 Georgia is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an X-type asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 10, 1893 in Nice. It was named by the daughter of Felix Klein at a meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft in 1902 held at the Georg August University of Göttingen, where Klein was a professor. It was named after the University's founder King George II of Great Britain, Elector of Hanover.[2]
References
- ↑ "359 Georgia (1893 M)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (2003) Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1, International Astronomical Union, Springer, ISBN 3-540-00238-3, p. 45
External links
- "359 Georgia (1893 M)" JPL Small-Body Database, retrieved 28 August 2011
- 359 Georgia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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