 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 | |
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]