- 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 onSeptember 21 ,1887 inVienna .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]
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