The orbit is located at the inner main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.09 AU and an aphelion of 2.67 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.38 AU. It has an orbital period of 3 years and 252 days. It has an inclination of 5.5º. It has a diameter of about 190 km.
Photometric observations were taken in the years 1993, 2002 and 2007 and 2008. There were star occultations in 1984, August of 1989, February of 2006 and March of 2014.
1:6 with Venus (99.9%)
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13:11 with Juno (99.9%)
5:4 with Ceres-Pallas (99.8%)
7:6 with Eunomia (99.8%)
Greek mythology
Metis was a sea nymph famous for his wisdom and cunning. It was the first lover and wife of Zeus, Athena was born from their union. Zeus managed to convince Metis to administer Chronos a drug to force him to expel all the children that had swallowed before. Once released, joined Zeus to defeat the hard titans.
(9) Metis is related with a healthy life style (wellness), which in addition to be based on right nutrition, daily physical exercise and adequate sleep, also believes that work, personal relationships and leisure, must be equally healthy.
Jane Austen, author of romantic novels, published in the early 19th century, has Metis in Aquarius (nodal house 7, cusp) conjunct the South Node of the Moon; and trine Jupiter in Gemini (nodal house 3, cusp), which is near the crossing point of age progressions (Signs Horoscope).
Stephenie Meyer, author of the novel "Twilight" (2005), has Metis in Sagittarius (1st Moon-Node House) in semisextile with Juno and the Black Moon in Capricorn (12th Moon-Node House); and in sextile Jupiter in Aquarius (11th Moon-Node House), which is in conjunction with Venus, and at the Crossing Point of Age Progressions (Signs Horoscope).
