359 Georgia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | March 10, 1893 |
| Designations | |
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Named after
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King George II |
| 1893 M | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Aphelion | 3.149 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3098 AU |
| 2.7297 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| 1647.266 d (4.51 a) | |
| 290.897° | |
| Inclination | 6.766° |
| 6.298° | |
| 338.023° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 43.89 ± 4.2 km |
| Mass | unknown |
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Mean density
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unknown |
| unknown | |
| unknown | |
| 5.537 h | |
| Albedo | 0.2621 ± 0.059 |
| Temperature | unknown |
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Spectral type
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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.[1]
References
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"359 Georgia (1893 M)" JPL Small-Body Database, retrieved 28 August 2011
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- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (2003) Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1, International Astronomical Union, Springer, ISBN 3-540-00238-3, p. 45
