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316 Goberta

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Discovered by
  
Auguste Charlois

Minor planet category
  
Main belt (Themis)

Perihelion
  
2.7458 AU (410.77 Gm)

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid family
  
Themis family

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
8 September 1891

Observation arc
  
124.27 yr (45391 d)

Discovered
  
8 September 1891

Discoverer
  
Auguste Charlois

Discovery site
  
Nice Observatory

Aphelion
  
3.61240 AU (540.407 Gm)

Similar
  
317 Roxane, 441 Bathilde, 272 Antonia, 302 Clarissa, 360 Carlova

316 Goberta is a mid-sized Themistian asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on September 8, 1891 in Nice, France.

The light curve of 316 Goberta shows a periodicity of 8.605 ± 0.01 hours, during which time the brightness of the object varies by 0.20 ± 0.05 in magnitude.

References

316 Goberta Wikipedia