Focus On: (269) Justitia

Basics

Class: Ld-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 4.23 years
Discovered: 21st September 2024 (time unknown), from Vienna, Austria, by Johann Palisa
Events at time of discovery:

• August 3 – Birth of Rupert Brooke, British war poet
• August 12 – Birth of Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• September 13 – Birth of Leopold Ružička, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• September 16 – Birth of Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher
• September 26 – Birth of William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse, British aviator, first airman to receive the Victoria Cross
• September 28 – The 1887 Yellow River flood begins in China, killing 900,000 to 2,000,000 people.

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Naming information

Name origin: Roman goddess of justice.
Mythology: Justice was one of the virtues celebrated by Roman emperor Augustus, and a temple of Iustitia was established in Rome by his successor Tiberius. However, though formally titled a goddess with her own temple and cult shrine, she is likely to have been regarded more as an anthropomorphic symbol.

Statue of Justitia at the Delft City Hall, in the Netherlands. Photo (cropped) by FrDr.

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Astrological data

Discovery degree: 17+ Pisces
Discovery Sabian: In a Gigantic Tent, Villagers Witness a Spectacular Performance
Discovery nodal signature: Virgo-Aquarius
Estimated orbital resonances: Earth 4:17, Mars 1:2, Ceres 12:11, Jupiter 14:5, Saturn 7:1, Chiron 12:1, Uranus 20:1
Discovery chart details: Justitia was conjunct Eris-Pholus (both quincunx the North Node) on discovery. The Sun was conjunct a retrograde Venus. Neptune was retrograde in the last arc minute of Taurus, with Pallas squaring from early Pisces.

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Summary and references

Alongside the nominative associations^[1], Amable suggests this asteroid represents a "capability to progressively reveal the truth"^[2]; the Sabian brings to mind the dramatic performances seen in adversarial system courtrooms.

References:
1) Mark Andrew Holmes: Justitia
2) Amable: (269) Justitia

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Noon discovery chart for (269) Justitia: 21st September 2024, Vienna, Austria.