Tuesday, 4 March 2014

(306367) Nut, the transition point between the storm and the rainbow

(306367) Nut is an apollo asteroid discovered in October of 1960. However, after its discovery, it was not observed again until September 1999. It was officially named in April 2012.
 
The orbit is between Mercury-Venus and Jupiter, from which it forms an orbital piercing towards the main belt. It has a perihelion of 0.65 AU and an aphelion of 4.41 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.53 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 10 days. It has an inclination of 3.8º.

Orbital resonance:
7:15 with Mars (%100.0)
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8:7 with Ceres (%100.0)
9:10 with Vesta (99.9)
13:12 with Juno (99.9)
18:13 with Hygiea (99.9)


 

Egyptian mythology

Nut was the goddess of heaven, creator of the universe and the stars. It was the protector of the dead, who came to her for food and protection; She gave to the deceased the faculty of rebirth.


In the sarcophagi she was represented as protecting the deceased with outstretched wings; or inside it, as a women with their raised arms, helping them to be reborn in the Beyond; or as a naked woman, with the arched body by way of celestial vault, clothed with stars. (Wikipedia)

"Dragon Ball Z Kai" (2009)

(306367) Nut is related with the transition point between stages, when starting new life just after the resolution of a difficult situation, like at the beginning of the manga-anime "Dragon Ball Z Kai" (2009) or at the end of the video games "Metal Gear Solid" (PSX, 1999) and "Tomb Raider" (2013), or in the movies "The Bourne Identity" (2002) and "The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007).

"Divergent" (2014)