264 Libussa

Minor Planet | name=264 Libussa
discoverer=C. H. F. Peters
discovery_date=December 22, 1886
designations="n/a"
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=418.587 Gm (2.798 AU)
perihelion=361.945 Gm (2.419 AU)
aphelion=475.229 Gm (3.177 AU)
eccentricity=0.135
period=1709.543 d (4.68 a)
inclination=10.434°
asc_node=49.8°
arg_peri=339.269°
mean_anomaly=92.53°
speed=17.81 km/s
dimensions=51.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=7.056 h
spectral_class=S
abs_mag=8.42
albedo=0.297
temperature="unknown"

264 Libussa is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.

It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on December 22, 1886 in Clinton, New York and was named after Libussa, the legendary founder of Prague.

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]