Georgia (minor planet designation: 359 Georgia) is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an X-type asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 10 March 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.[3]
^Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
Georgia (minor planet designation: 359Georgia) is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an X-type asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois...
Islands Georgia, Indiana Georgia, Nebraska, an unincorporated community Georgia, New Jersey Georgia, Vermont Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC 359Georgia, an...
(52.1 km) state highway in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It runs from a point east of Pembroke and ends in Savannah. Its routing...
university in the Electorate of Hanover, and visited it in 1748. The asteroid 359Georgia was named in his honour at the university in 1902. He served as the Chancellor...
of Germany) 326 Tamara (Queen Tamar of Georgia) 344 Desiderata (Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway) 359Georgia (King George II of Great Britain) 392...
"Initiation élémentaire à l'astronomie : IX. Les astéroïdes". L'Astronomie. 82: 359–363. Bibcode:1968LAstr..82..359G. "267 Tirza". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved...
The Georgian era was a period in British history from 1714 to c. 1830–1837, named after the Hanoverian kings George I, George II, George III and George...
The 2004 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 2, 2004. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral...
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