Bavaria (minor planet designation: 301 Bavaria) is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately . It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 16 November 1890 in Vienna. This is classified as a carbonaceous C-type asteroid with an estimated diameter of . It is spinning with a rotation period of . References External links Lightcurve plot of 301 Bavaria, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2004) Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info ) Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center 000301 Discoveries by Johann Palisa Named minor planets 000301 18901116