Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 16 February 1891 Orbits Sun | Discovery date 16 February 1891 Observation arc 123.90 yr (45255 d) Absolute magnitude 8.77 Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 3.69187 AU (552.296 Gm) Perihelion 2.49627 AU (373.437 Gm) Similar 441 Bathilde, 317 Roxane, 302 Clarissa, 360 Carlova, 306 Unitas | ||
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.
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