Astronomy:359 Georgia
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 10 March 1893 |
| Designations | |
| (359) Georgia | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/ JOR-jə[1] |
| Named after | King George II |
| 1893 M | |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 114.10 yr (41676 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.1562 astronomical unit|AU (472.16 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.2999 AU (344.06 Gm) |
| 2.7280 AU (408.10 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.15693 |
| Orbital period | 4.51 yr (1645.8 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 323.972° |
| Mean motion | 0° 13m 7.464s / day |
| Inclination | 6.7716° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 6.0731° |
| 338.526° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 43.89±4.2 km |
| Rotation period | 5.537 h (0.2307 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.2621±0.059 |
| X | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.86 |
Georgia (minor planet designation: 359 Georgia) is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an X-type asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 10 March 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.[3]
References
- ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ "359 Georgia (1893 M)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=359;cad=1.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (2003) Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1, International Astronomical Union, Springer, ISBN 3-540-00238-3, p. 45
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 359 Georgia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info )
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 359 Georgia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 359 Georgia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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