Sunday, 22 September 2013

(1862) Apollo, rhetoric

(1862) Apollo is an apollo asteroid discovered in April of 1932. It has a perihelion of 0.6 AU and an aphelion of 2.3 AU (orbit between Mercury-Venus and main asteroid belt). A satellite was discovered in November of 2005.  It has a diameter of about 1.6 km + 0.08 km. There is a prediscovery image back to December of 1930.


(1862) Apollo has an impressive ability for rhetoric, like in the movies of the Twilight Saga: "New Moon" (2009) and "Eclipse" (2010), were the romantic speech is emphasized.

Saturday, 21 September 2013

(90) Antiope, the group of friends that are on our side

(90) Antiope is a binary main belt asteroid discovered in October of 1866 and rediscovered in January of 1952. It has a perihelion of 2.64 AU and an aphelion of 3.67 AU. The semimajor axis is at 3.15 AU. It has a diameter of about 88 + 84 km. There were important photometric observations in the years 2003 and 2007, and also star ocultations in June of 1980 and July of 2011.

The companion of (90) Antiope was discovered in August of 2000 and anounced in October of 2000.


 

Greek mythology

Antiope was the queen of the Amazons. When Antiope was abducted by Heracles and delivered to Theseus (king of Athens), the Amazons joined to release her.

The ninth labor of Heracles was to obtain the Girdle of Hippolyte (sister of Antiope), which his father (Ares, the god of war) had given to her. Heracles kidnapped Antiope and demanded the Girdle of Hippolyte as exchange.


"Cars 2" (2011) [Spanish dubbing]

(90) Antiope is related with the group of friends that are on our side, like in the movies "The Quiet Man" (1952), "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), "Erin Brockovich" (2000), "The Contender" (2000), "Pay it Forward" (2000), "The Patriot" (2000), "Coyote Ugly" (2000), "Sinbad: The Legend of the Seven Seas" (2003), "Transformers" (2007) and "Cars 2" (2011).

Monday, 16 September 2013

Ishtar in Babilonic mythology, temporary relationships

Ishtar was related to the star of eight points. She was shown standing up and naked. As a love goddess, Ishtar was the protector of prostitutes and sexual relations outside of marriage. 

When she was young, she loved Tammuz, god of harvest. When Tammuz died, Ishtar descended to hell to pull up the power about life and death to her terrible sister Ereshkigal.

After giving instructions to her servant Papsukal, of going to rescue her if she does not came back, Ishtar descended to Irkalla, the subterranean world. She began brave and challenging, yelling to the porter to opend the door before she overthrow it. But, with everyone of the seven doors, she was shed of one article of clothing, and with it, part of her power, until she arrived completely naked and defenceless in the presence of Ereshkigal, who killed her and hung up her body on a nail.

Papsukal asked gods to create a living creature that was able to enter in the world of the deads and revive Ishtar with the food and water of life. That is how Ishtar came back to life, but she had to pay the price: during six months a year, Tammuz had to live in the word of the deads. While he was there, Ishtar suffered the loss
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Wednesday, 11 September 2013

(30) Urania, proportional measures of quantity in recipes and diets

(30) Urania is a main belt asteroid discovered in July of 1854. It has a perihelion of 2.1 AU and an aphelion of 2.7 AU. There is an important observation in February of 1860 and also in the years 1948 and 2000. It has a diameter of about 100 km.


Greek Mythology

Urania (meaning ‘heavenly' or 'heaven') was the muse of astronomy and astrology. She was shown blue dressed, colour of the heavenly vault, with the Earth globe in her hands, in which she is measuring positions with a compasses. She has a crown or a headband with a formation of stars. At her feet there are some mathematics instruments.

(30) Urania is related to inventory lists, like the supermarket shopping list, where every item is detailed by units. In a context of food, (30) Urania is related to the proportional measures of quantity of each ingredient in recipes, or to self-records in diets (calculated in calories).

The concept of quantity of (30) Urania, also con be applied to time units, like for example "x days to full ripeness" or "x hours before expiration". Which is related with the concept of quality of the source of food.