254 Augusta

Summary

254 Augusta is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 254 Augusta is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 254 Augusta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 254 Augusta's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[5].
• Auguste von Littrow is named after 254 Augusta^[6].
• 254 Augusta's follows is recorded as Q149417^[7].
• 254 Augusta's followed by is recorded as Q110370^[8].
• 254 Augusta's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 254 Augusta's Commons category is recorded as 254 Augusta^[10].
• 254 Augusta's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 254 Augusta's provisional designation is recorded as A886 FA^[12].
• 254 Augusta's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1886-03-31T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 254 Augusta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0580mv^[14].
• 254 Augusta's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000254^[15].
• 254 Augusta's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[16].
• 254 Augusta's asteroid family is recorded as Augusta family^[17].
• 254 Augusta's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 254 Augusta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1216228191212726'}^[19].
• 254 Augusta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.85'}^[20].
• 254 Augusta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.515'}^[21].
• 254 Augusta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.50722251452201'}^[22].
• 254 Augusta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1187.463805901303'}^[23].
• 254 Augusta's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.8949'}^[24].
• 254 Augusta's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+28.35800580645916'}^[25].
• 254 Augusta's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.194562579167853'}^[26].
• 254 Augusta's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.461471466784298'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

254 Augusta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Auguste von Littrow is named after 254 Augusta^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for 254 Augusta include Augusta family^[28], an asteroid family^[29].

Why It Matters

254 Augusta ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Augusta family^[28], an asteroid family^[29].