305 Gordonia

Tags: Planet.

305 Gordonia is a fairly typical although sizeable Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on February 16 1891 in Nice and named after James Gordon Bennett Jr patron.The light curve of 305 Gordonia shows a periodicity of 12.89 ± 0.01 hours during which time the brightness of the object varies by 0.17 ± 0.03 in magnitude.

apoapsis (km)

5.49289e+11

average speed (km/s)

60912.0

orbital period (μ)

1.72208e+08

periapsis (km)

3.78085e+11

absolute magnitude

8.77

discovery date

1891-02-16

discoverer

Auguste Charlois

epoch

30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)