Auguste von Littrow explained

Auguste von Littrow, née Bischoff von Altenstern (13 February 1819 in Prague  - 23 March 1890 in Vienna) was a German-Austrian author and women's movement leader.

She was the daughter of the physician Professor Ignaz von Bischoff-Altenstern. Shortly after her 20th birthday, in 1839, she married astronomer Karl Ludwig von Littrow and settled in Vienna. Rapidly the Littrow household developed into a meeting place of Viennese society. There Hermann Bonitz, Josef Danhauser, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, August Eisenmenger, Ernst von Feuchtersleben, Ottilie von Goethe, Franz Grillparzer, Friedrich Hebbel, Rudolf von Jhering, Joseph Lewinsky, Franz Miklosich all met.

Asteroid 254 Augusta is named in her honour.[1]

She is the great-great grandmother of Roman Catholic Cardinal Christoph Schönborn.

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  1. Book: Schmadel, Lutz D. . Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (254) Augusta . Springer Berlin Heidelberg . 37 . 2003 . 978-3-540-29925-7 . 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_255 . (254) Augusta.