254 Augusta Explained

Minorplanet:yes
254 Augusta
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
Discovery Ref: 
Discovered:31 March 1886
Mpc Name:(254) Augusta
Pronounced:[1]
Alt Names:A886 FA
Named After:Auguste von Littrow 
Orbit Ref: 
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty:0
Observation Arc:130.04 yr (47498 d)
Aphelion:2.4613abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Perihelion:1.9281AU
Semimajor:2.1947AU
Eccentricity:0.12147
Period:3.25 yr (1187.5 d)
Inclination:4.5131°
Asc Node:28.473°
Arg Peri:233.14°
Avg Speed:20.1 km/s
Moid:0.916708AU
Rotation:5.8949abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Abs Magnitude:12.13
Mean Motion: / day
Jupiter Moid:2.58938AU
Tisserand:3.656

254 Augusta is a main-belt asteroid, discovered on 31 March 1886 by astronomer Johann Palisa at Vienna Observatory, Austria. The stony S-type asteroid measures about 12 kilometers in diameter. It is the first-numbered member of the Augusta family, after which the small Asteroid family and subgroup of the main-belt has been named. Augusta was named after the German–Austrian writer Auguste von Littrow (1819–1890), widow of astronomer Carl Ludwig von Littrow, who was a former director of the Vienna Observatory.

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Notes and References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language