Monday 6 March 2017

(269) Justitia, progressive revelation of the truth

(269) Justitia is a main belt asteroid discovered in September of 1887. It was spotted without being identified in December of 1942.

The orbit is located in the middle main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.05 AU and an aphelion of 3.17 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.61 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 84 days. It has an inclination of 5.4º. It has a diameter of about 59 km.

There were star occultations in July of 2005, May of 2009, March of 2013 and November of 2015.


Orbital resonance:
4:9 with Mars (99.9%)
14:5 with Jupiter (99.8%)
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12:11 with Pallas (99.9%)
12:11 with Ceres (99.8%)
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13:11 with Psyche (99.9%)
3:2 with Cybele (99.9%)
12:11 with Herculina (99.9%)
9:7 with Europa (99.8%)



Roman mythology

Justitia was the goddess of justice and truth. She was represented seated, holding a sword in her right hand and a book in her left hand.

(269) Justitia represents the capability to progressively reveal the truth, expanding little by little the information, but without modifying the initial approach, like during the presentation of evidence and testimony of one of the parties in the celebration of a judgment (3:2 resonance with Cybele).

"10 Cloverfield Lane" (2016)