300 Geraldina
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 3 October 1890 |
| Designations | |
| (300) Geraldina | |
| A890 TB, 1923 LB 1933 BV, 1950 DV 1953 PJ, 1953 RO1 1961 AD | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 115.84 yr (42,312 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.38735 AU (506.740 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 3.02385 AU (452.362 Gm) |
| 3.20560 AU (479.551 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.056698 |
| 5.74 yr (2,096.3 d) | |
| 312.717° | |
| 0° 10m 18.221s / day | |
| Inclination | 0.732270° |
| 42.6693° | |
| 325.681° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 80.18±2.3 km |
| 6.8423 h (0.28510 d) | |
| 0.0397±0.002 | |
| 9.8 | |
Geraldina (minor planet designation: 300 Geraldina) is a large Main belt asteroid.[1] It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on October 3, 1890, in Nice. The origin of the name is unknown.[2] It is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 3.21 AU with a period of 5.74 yr and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.057. The orbital plane is tilted at an angle of 0.73° to the plane of the ecliptic.[1]
Light curve analysis based on photometric observations of this asteroid made during 2005 show a rotation period of 6.842±0.001 h with a brightness variation of 0.18 in magnitude.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "300 Geraldina". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2009), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006 - 2008, Springer, p. 217, ISBN 9783642019654
- ^ Licchelli, Domenico (September 2006), "Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 300 Geraldina, 573 Recha, 629 Bernardina 721 Tabora, 1547 Nele, and 1600 Vyssotsky", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, 33 (3): 50–51, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...50L.
External links[edit]
- 300 Geraldina at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 300 Geraldina at the JPL Small-Body Database
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