359 Georgia

{{Short description|Main-belt asteroid}}

{{Other uses|Georgia (disambiguation){{!}}Georgia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox planet

| minorplanet = yes

| background = #D6D6D6

|image= Орбита астероида 359.png

|caption=Orbital diagram

| name = 359 Georgia

| discoverer = Auguste Charlois

| discovered = 10 March 1893

| mpc_name = (359) Georgia

| alt_names = 1893 M

| pronounced = {{IPAc-en|'|dʒ|ɔr|dʒ|ə}} {{respell|JOR|jə}}Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language

| named_after = King George II

| mp_category = Main belt

| epoch = 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)

| aphelion = {{Convert|3.1562|AU|Gm|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| perihelion = {{Convert|2.2999|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| semimajor = {{Convert|2.7280|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| eccentricity = 0.15693

| period = 4.51 yr (1645.8 d)

| inclination = 6.7716°

| asc_node = 6.0731°

| arg_peri = 338.526°

| mean_anomaly = 323.972°

| dimensions = {{val|43.89|4.2|ul=km}}

| mass =

| density =

| rotation = {{Convert|5.537|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| spectral_type = X

| abs_magnitude = 8.86

| albedo = {{val|0.2621|0.059}}

| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.21874|sup=ms}} / day

| orbit_ref = {{Cite web |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=359;cad=1 |title=359 Georgia (1893 M) |work=JPL Small-Body Database |publisher=NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory |access-date=11 May 2016}}

| 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.Lutz D. Schmadel (2003) Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1, International Astronomical Union, Springer, {{ISBN|3-540-00238-3}}, p. 45