254 Augusta
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. Palisa |
| Discovery site | Vienna Obs. |
| Discovery date | 31 March 1886 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 254 Augusta |
|
Named after
|
Auguste von Littrow |
| Augusta · main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 130.04 yr (47498 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.4613 AU (368.21 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.9281 AU (288.44 Gm) |
| 2.1947 AU (328.32 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.12147 |
| 3.25 yr (1187.5 d) | |
|
Average orbital speed
|
20.1 km/s |
| 340.92° | |
| 0° 18m 11.34s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.5131° |
| 28.473° | |
| 233.14° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.916708 AU (137.1376 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.58938 AU (387.366 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.656 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 12.11±1.1 km |
| 5.8949 h (0.24562 d) | |
| 0.1695±0.036 | |
|
B–V = 0.845 U–B = 0.505 Tholen = S |
|
| 12.13 | |
254 Augusta is a main-belt asteroid, discovered on March 31, 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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