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359 Georgia
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
.