269 Justitia

Minor Planet | name=269 Justitia
discoverer=Johann Palisa
discovery_date=September 21, 1887
designations=1942 XY
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=391.594 Gm (2.618 AU)
perihelion=308.57 Gm (2.063 AU)
aphelion=474.618 Gm (3.173 AU)
eccentricity=0.212
period=1546.878 d (4.24 a)
inclination=5.478°
asc_node=156.815°
arg_peri=119.93°
mean_anomaly=321.141°
speed=18.41 km/s
dimensions=54.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=16.545 h
spectral_class="unknown"
abs_mag=9.5
albedo=0.097
temperature="unknown"

269 Justitia is a fairly sizeable Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 21, 1887 in Vienna.

The asteroid was named after Justitia, the Roman equivalent of Themis, the Greek goddess of justice (she also has an asteroid named after her, 24 Themis).

References

* [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances]
* [http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT Asteroid Lightcurve Data File]