854 Frostia is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the sun. It was discovered in 1916 by Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky from Simeiz Observatory in Crimea and is named after Edwin Brant Frost, an American astronomer. This asteroid measures approximately in diameter. A satellite, designated S/2004 (854) 1, was identified based on light curve observations in July 2004 by Raoul Behrend, Laurent Bernasconi, Alain Klotz, and Russell I. Durkee. It is roughly in diameter and orbits about from Frostia with an orbital period of 1.572 days. References External links Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center (854) Frostia, datasheet, johnstonsarchive.net Asteroids with Satellites, Robert Johnston, johnstonsarchive.net IAUC 8389 announcing the satellite 000854 Discoveries by Sergei Belyavsky Named minor planets 000854 19160403 20040717