359 Georgia Explained

Minorplanet:	yes
Background:	D6D6D6
359 Georgia
Discovered:	10 March 1893
Mpc Name:	(359) Georgia
Alt Names:	1893 M
Pronounced:	^[1]
Epoch:	31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Aphelion:	3.1562abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Perihelion:	2.2999AU
Semimajor:	2.728AU
Eccentricity:	0.15693
Period:	4.51 yr (1645.8 d)
Inclination:	6.7716°
Asc Node:	6.0731°
Arg Peri:	338.526°
Rotation:	5.537abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Abs Magnitude:	8.86
Mean Motion:	/ day
Orbit Ref:	^[2]
Observation Arc:	114.10 yr (41676 d)
Uncertainty:	0

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.^[3]

External links

• Lightcurve plot of 359 Georgia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
• Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
• 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

Notes and References

1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
2. Web site: 359 Georgia (1893 M) . . . 11 May 2016.
3. Lutz D. Schmadel (2003) Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1, International Astronomical Union, Springer,, p. 45