359 Georgia

For other uses, see Georgia.

359 Georgia is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an X-type asteroid.

359 Georgia

Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered by	Auguste Charlois
Discovery date	March 10 1893
Designations
MPC designation	(359) Georgia
Pronunciation	/ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/ JOR-jə[1]
Named after	King George II
Alternative designations	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)
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° 13m 7.464s / 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

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.^[3]