269 Justitia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | 21 September 1887 |
| Designations | |
MPC designation | (269) Justitia |
| Pronunciation | /dʒʌˈstɪʃiə/[1] |
| 1942 XY | |
Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 126.16 yr (46080 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.17477 AU (474.939 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0555 AU (307.50 Gm) |
| 2.61515 AU (391.221 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.21399 |
| 4.23 yr (1544.7 d) | |
| 219.582° | |
| 0° 13m 59.016s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.4799° |
| 156.759° | |
| 119.62° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 53.62±1.3 km |
Synodic rotation period | 33.128 h (1.3803 d) |
| 0.0974±0.005 | |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.7 |
Justitia (minor planet designation: 269 Justitia) is a fairly sizeable main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 21 September 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).
As discovered in 2021, the asteroid has a very red color due to tholins on its surface, similar to trans-Neptunian objects. It is therefore thought to have formed in the outer Solar System despite its current orbit within the asteroid belt.[3]
References[]
- ^ "justitium". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ "269 Justitia". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Hasegawa, Sunao; Marsset, Michaël; Demeo, Francesca E.; Bus, Schelte J.; Geem, Jooyeon; Ishiguro, Masateru; Im, Myungshin; Kuroda, Daisuke; Vernazza, Pierre (2021), "Discovery of two TNO-like bodies in the asteroid belt", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 916 (1): L6, arXiv:2106.14991, Bibcode:2021ApJ...916L...6H, doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac0f05, S2CID 235669878
- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
- Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
External links[]
- 269 Justitia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 269 Justitia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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