Wednesday 18 December 2013

(1566) Icarus, self-regulated diet and physical training

(1566) Icarus is an apollo asteroid discovered in June of 1949. The orbit is between Sun-Mercury and the main belt. It has a perihelion of 0.19 AU and an aphelion of 1.97 AU. It has an inclination of 22.8º (semioctile, 20' orb). It has a diameter of about 1.4 km.


Greek mythology

Daedalus, builder of the labyrinth on the island Crete, provided Ariadne the keys to the labyrinth to help Theseus to exit the maze. After the death of the Minotaur, king Midas, very angry, locked Daedalus and his son in the labyrinth.

Departure from the island by sea and land were controlled, so Daedalus built up wings from feathers that he pasted into the body through wax. Both flew off, but before doing so, Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high, because the heat of the sun would melt the wax, neither too low, because the foam of the sea would wet wings and he would not be able to fly. (Wikipedia: Icarus)


(1566) Icarus combines the self-control of the Sun with the feed of the main belt. The result is the ability for self-regulation of the diet and the physical training, keeping the balance on high levels, but without overdoing in to any of the possible extremes. 

As part of its interest in a healthy lifestyle, (1566) Icarus adopts a buddhist attitude oppositing psychotropic medication and other psychoactive substances that alter consciousness, causing ups and downs in the chemistry of the brain.

In the manga-anime "Dragon Ball Z" (1989), during his travel to the planet Namec, Goku gets ready with a regulable machine that generates artificial gravity.

Artificial gravity machine set to 20 G

Akira Toriyama, author of the manga "Dragon Ball" and "Dragon Ball Z", has Icarus in Aquarius in the Crossing Point of the Age Progressions (Basis Horoscope / Moon Node Horoscope). The conjuction Sun-Typhon in Aries is in sextile with Icarus in Aquarius and in trine with the Great Attractor in Sagittarius.