300 Geraldina

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]

300 Geraldina
Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date3 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 arc115.84 yr (42,312 d)
Aphelion3.38735 AU (506.740 Gm)
Perihelion3.02385 AU (452.362 Gm)
3.20560 AU (479.551 Gm)
Eccentricity0.056698
5.74 yr (2,096.3 d)
312.717°
0° 10m 18.221s / day
Inclination0.732270°
42.6693°
325.681°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions80.18±2.3 km
6.8423 h (0.28510 d)
0.0397±0.002
9.8

    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
    1. "300 Geraldina". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
    2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2009), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006 - 2008, Springer, p. 217, ISBN 9783642019654
    3. 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.


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