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359 Georgia is a typical Main belt
asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that orbits within the Solar System#Inner Solar System, inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter (Trojan asteroids). As ...
. It is classified as an X-type asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 10 March 1893 in
Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionFelix 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 George II (George Augustus; ; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland, Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Electorate of Hanover, Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Em ...
, Elector of Hanover.Lutz D. Schmadel (2003) ''Dictionary of Minor Planet Names'', Volume 1, International Astronomical Union, Springer, , p. 45


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Lightcurve plot of 359 Georgia
Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
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Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
Google books

– Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend

– Minor Planet Center * * 000359 Discoveries by Auguste Charlois Named minor planets 000359 000359 18930310 George II of Great Britain {{Beltasteroid-stub