Discovered by Auguste Charlois Alternative names 1893 AK Observation arc 112.39 yr (41051 d) Orbits Sun Named after Burgundy Discovery site Nice Observatory | Discovery date 18 September 1893 Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 18 September 1893 Discoverer Auguste Charlois Asteroid family Gefion family | |
Aphelion 3.00578 AU (449.658 Gm) Similar 375 Ursula, 441 Bathilde, 360 Carlova, 372 Palma, 302 Clarissa | ||
374 Burgundia is a typical main belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 18, 1893 in Nice. It was named for the former French region of Burgandy. It is one of seven of Charlois's discoveries that was expressly named by the Astromomisches Rechen-Institut (Astronomical Calculation Institute).
Burgundia was long thought to be a member of the now defunct Ceres asteroid family, but it was found to be an unrelated interloper in that group based on its non-matching composition.
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