300 Geraldina

300 Geraldina
Discovery
Discovered by	Auguste Charlois
Discovery date	October 3, 1890
Designations
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Aphelion	504.685 Gm (3.374 AU)
Perihelion	454.647 Gm (3.039 AU)
Semi-major axis	479.666 Gm (3.206 AU)
Eccentricity	0.052
Orbital period	2097.059 d (5.74 a)
Average orbital speed	16.63 km/s
Mean anomaly	304.66°
Inclination	0.741°
Longitude of ascending node	42.727°
Argument of perihelion	332.844°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	80.0 km
Mass	unknown
Mean density	unknown
Surface gravity	unknown
Escape velocity	unknown
Rotation period	unknown
Albedo	unknown
Temperature	unknown
Spectral type	unknown
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.6

300 Geraldina is a large Main belt asteroid.^[1] It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on October 3, 1890 in Nice.

References

↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". JPL. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

External links

300 Geraldina at the JPL Small-Body Database

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