Wednesday 24 July 2013

(1198) Atlantis, sport and physical exercise as a living need

(1198) Atlantis is a Mars-crosser asteroid discovered in September of 1931. It was spotted without being identified in September of 1958, October and November of 1975.

The orbit is between Mars and the main belt. It has a perihelion of 1.49 AU and an aphelion of 3.00 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.25 AU. It has an orbital period of 3 years and 138 days. It has an inclination of 2.7º. It has a diameter of about 3 km.

Orbital resonance:
2:11 with Venus (99.8%)
5:9 with Mars (99.8%)
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15:11 with Ceres-Pallas (99.9%)
14:11 with Eunomia (99.9%)
5:3 with Davida (99.8%)
15:8 with Cybele (99.8%)
5:3 with Euphrosyne (99.5%)




(1198) Atlantis has great ability to continue with physical activity without making breaks (2:11 resonance with Venus), and combine stages of physical activity very different between each other (5:9 resonance with Mars).

While Mars is related with passion, self-improvement and the will to obtain a achievement, (1198) Atlantis is related with sport and physical exercise as a healthy way of life.