781 Kartvelia

781 Kartvelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by Georgian–Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin on January 25, 1914. Kartvelia comes from the historic name for the inhabitants of the nation of Georgia.^[3] This object is orbiting at a distance of 3.22 AU with an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.12 and a period of 5.78 yr. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 19.1° to the plane of the ecliptic.^[2]

781 Kartvelia

Discovery
Discovered by	G. N. Neujmin
Discovery site	Simeis
Discovery date	25 January 1914
Designations
MPC designation	(781) Kartvelia
Pronunciation	/kɑːrtˈviːliə/[1]
Alternative designations	1914 UF
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	89.79 yr (32797 d)
Aphelion	3.5930 AU (537.51 Gm)
Perihelion	2.8462 AU (425.79 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.2196 AU (481.65 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.11598
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.78 yr (2110.1 d)
Mean anomaly	62.363°
Mean motion	0° 10m 14.196s / day
Inclination	19.149°
Longitude of ascending node	138.109°
Argument of perihelion	156.132°
Earth MOID	1.83971 AU (275.217 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.73687 AU (259.832 Gm)
TJupiter	3.092
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	33.01±2.8 km
Synodic rotation period	19.04 h (0.793 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0704±0.014
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.5

This asteroid is rotating with a period of 19.0 hours and spans an estimated girth of 66 km. It is tentatively classified as type CPU in the Tholen taxonomic system, with the C indicating a carbonaceous object.^[2] This is the namesake of a family of 49–232 asteroids that share similar spectral properties and orbital elements; hence they may have arisen from the same collisional event. All members have a relatively high orbital inclination.^[4]