359 Georgia is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an X-type asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 10 1893 in Nice. It was named by the daughter of Felix 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 Elector of Hanover.
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