300 Geraldina Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
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300 Geraldina
Discovered:3 October 1890
Mpc Name:(300) Geraldina
Alt Names:A890 TB, 1923 LB
1933 BV, 1950 DV
1953 PJ,
1961 AD
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:3.2056AU
Perihelion:3.02385AU
Aphelion:3.38735abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.056698
Period:2096.3days
Inclination:0.732270°
Asc Node:42.6693°
Arg Peri:325.681°
Rotation:6.8423abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Abs Magnitude:9.8
Mean Motion: / day
Observation Arc:42312days
Uncertainty:0

300 Geraldina is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on October 3, 1890, in Nice. The origin of the name is unknown. It is orbiting the Sun at a distance of with a period of 2096.3days and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.057. The orbital plane is tilted at an angle of 0.73° to the plane of the ecliptic.

Light curve analysis based on photometric observations of this asteroid made during 2005 show a rotation period of with a brightness variation of 0.18 in magnitude.