page_title: 1620 Geographos
hierarchical_section_title: 1620 Geographos
caption_attribution_description: English: A three-dimensional model of 1620 Geographos that was computed using light curve inversion techniques.
context_page_description: 1620 Geographos, provisional designation 1951 RA, is a highly elongated, stony asteroid, near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, with a mean-diameter of approximately 2.5 km. It was discovered on 14 September 1951, by astronomers Albert George Wilson and Rudolph Minkowski at the Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The asteroid was named in honor of the National Geographic Society.
context_section_description: 1620 Geographos (/dʒiːoʊˈɡræfɒs/), provisional designation 1951 RA, is a highly elongated, stony asteroid, near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, with a mean-diameter of approximately 2.5 km (1.6 mi). It was discovered on 14 September 1951, by astronomers Albert George Wilson and Rudolph Minkowski at the Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The asteroid was named in honor of the National Geographic Society.
caption: Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Geographos
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