Thursday 17 April 2014

(69230) Hermes, military radiophonic comunications

(69230) Hermes is a binary apollo asteroid discovered in October of 1937 and named in January of 1938, that was lost just after, until its rediscovery in August of 2003. There are prediscovery images back to June of 2002 and September-August of 2001.

Its orbit is between Mercury and the main belt. It has a perihelion of 0.62 AU and an aphelion of 2.68 AU. The semimajor axis is at 1.65 AU (aphelion of Mars). It has a diameter of about 450 + 300 m. It has an inclination of 6.0º. In April of 1942, reached a proximity of only 0.004 AU to Earth.

The companion of (69230) Hermaes was discovered in October of 2003.


Greek mythology

Hermes was the messenger of the gods. He was a deity of wealth, god of trade and travelers, of commerce, manual skill, oratory and eloquence, of thieves and of the wind.


The discovery of (69230) Hermes clashed with the transition from silent movies to sound movies, which resulted in changes in actors selection, since many actors of success in silent film, did not have an appropriate voice for sound movies.

During its rediscovery (August 2003), appeared the application Skipe, that allowed to talk on the phone, free of charge, via the internet with any part of the world.


(69230) Hermes is related with the modulation of voice and expressiveness through comunications by radio, specially the military type.

"Transformers" (2007)

Saturday 5 April 2014

2013 LH25, teleoperator of customer support

2013 LH25 is an apollo asteroid discovered in June of 2013. The orbit is between Venus and Saturn, with an orbital piercing from Venus toward Mercury. It has a perihelion of 0.75 AU and an aphelion of 8.18 AU.


Queen of ice

In the movie "Frozen" (2013), from very small, Elsa, the eldest daughter of the king, had the natural power of freezing through their hands, and used it to play and have fun with her younger sister, until one day accidentally frozen the head of her sister. Her parents carried her urgently to the shaman of the trolls, who saved her from death as a miracle. From that moment on, her parents decided to hide her powers, they reduce the staff of the castle and their daughters are isolated from the outside world, until that Elsa learn to control their powers. In addition, Elsa by her own will, limited contact with her sister to avoid accidents.

'You can´t marry a man you just met.'

Afrodita's awareness applied to physical security

2013 LH25 combines the awareness of Aphrodite, focused and receptive at the same time (Venus), with the concern for physical security of Saturn.

For example, while the small child plays at the park, his mother can read a book or talk to a friend, but as soon as the child is trying to make a risky move, the attention of his mother will focus on the child, although in a receptive way (Shinoda Bolen, "Goddesses in Everywoman: A New Psychology of Women"; 1984).


Teleoperator of customer support

The communication of 2013 LH25 combines the responsiblility and formality of Saturn, with the cordiality and nice voice of Venus. Besides that, the communication transmits the feeling that the request is running favourably or there are positive expectations about it (semimajor axis in the zone of orbital piercing from Jupiter toward the main belt).


"Oblivion" (2013)

(212) Medea, assistant

(212) Medea is a main belt asteroid discovered in February of 1880. It has a perihelion of 2.79 AU and an aphelion of 3.45 AU. The semimajor axis is at 3.12 AU (near the 11:5 mean motion resonance with Jupiter). It has an inclination of 4.3º. In the year 1987 there was an importan photometric observation.


Greek Mythology

Medea was an enchantress who
married Jason and used her magic powers and advice to assist him. Thanks to her, Jason (leader of the Argonauts) obtained the Golden Fleece from her father, King Aeëtes of Colchis.

"Homeland" (TV series, 2nd Season; 2012)


Zone of proximal development
 

The zone of proximal development is a concept that defined Vygotski in the years just after the discovery of (134340) Pluto and the rediscovery of (212) Medea in 1930, and that had major implications in the evolutionary vision of intelligence from the stand point of the learning potential of the student. It refers to the tasks that a student still cannot do alone, but can be done under the guidance of a professor or a more advanced companion.

The main characteristic of (212) Medea is the combination of two factors: first, the knowledge and experience on the task at hand; and second, a deep knowledge on both ends of the polarity individual work and team work, which allows you to distinguish very clearly when it is really necessary to take part, so that the autonomy is maximized.

(212) Medea is related with the help or assistance in three types of situations: (1) learning or training, (2) evaluation or review, and (3) tasks that can only be done between two people.

"Taken 2" (2012)