254 Augusta
Main-belt asteroid
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.[1] 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.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 254 Augusta" (2015-03-28 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (254) Augusta. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 37. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_255. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
External links
- "254 Augusta". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 2000254.
- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
- Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
- 254 Augusta at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
- 254 Augusta at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters
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