 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 10 March 1893 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (359) Georgia |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/ JOR-jə |
| Named after | King George II |
| Alternative designations | 1893 M |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 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) |
| Semi-major axis | 2.7280 AU (408.10 Gm) |
| Eccentricity | 0.15693 |
| Orbital period (sidereal) | 4.51 yr (1645.8 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 323.972° |
| Mean motion | 0° 13 7.464 / day |
| Inclination | 6.7716° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 6.0731° |
| Argument of perihelion | 338.526° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 43.89±4.2 km |
| Synodic rotation period | 5.537 h (0.2307 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.2621±0.059 |
| Spectral type | X |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.86 |
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.
References
- Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- "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
- Lightcurve plot of 359 Georgia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- 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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