359 Georgia
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | March 10, 1893 |
| Designations | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/ JOR-jə |
Named after | King George II |
| 1893 M | |
| 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) |
| 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° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 48 ± 4 km (composite estimate) | |
| 5.537 h (0.2307 d) | |
| 0.23 ± 0.02 (composite estimate) | |
| X | |
| 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 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.
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 July 2025.
- 1 2 Shepard, Michael K.; Taylor, Patrick A.; Nolan, Michael C.; Howell, Ellen S.; Springmann, Alessondra; Giorgini, Jon D.; Warner, Brian D.; Harris, Alan W.; Stephens, Robert; Merline, William J.; Rivkin, Andrew; Benner, Lance A.M.; Coley, Dan; Clark, Beth Ellen; Ockert-Bell, Maureen; et al. (January 2015). "A radar survey of M- and X-class asteroids. III. Insights into their composition, hydration state, & structure". Icarus. 245: 38–55. Bibcode:2015Icar..245...38S. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.016.
- ↑ 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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