(4580) Child, adding new people to the group

(4580) Child is a main belt asteroid discovered in March of 1989. There are prediscovery images back to September-August of 1986 and September of 1952. It was spotted without being identified in October and November of 1978.

The orbit is located at the center of the main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.36 AU and an aphelion of 2.91 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.63 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 105 days. It has an inclination of 13.8º. It has a diameter of about 14 km.

There was a star occultation in August of 2007.

Orbital resonance:
7:16 with Mars (99.7%)
1:7 with Venus (99.6%)
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11:13 with Vesta (99.9%)
13:10 with Hygiea (99.9%)
1:1 with Eunomia (99.8%)
17:13 with Davida (99.7%) 


Phase of life

Childhood is a phase of life in which everything is a game and it is always fun to make new friends.

Jack B. Child, software engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Asteroid Project director of the World Space Foundation, was from whom derives the name of this asteroid. His generous helpfulness over the years has been greatly appreciated. He has played a very important role in introducing team members to the Palomar planet-crossing asteroid survey project.  

(4580) Child is related with attitudes and behaviors that make easy the inclusion of new people in the group, like in the movie "Labyrinth" (1986) and in the manga-anime "Dragon Ball" (1986).

(28) Bellona, face to face handkerchief game (catch it and run back, or run foward to touch the other kid if the kierchief is aready caught by the other)

(28) Bellona is a main belt asteroid discovered in March of 1854 and rediscovered in February of 1951. It has a perihelion of 2.36 AU and an aphelion of 3.20 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.78 AU (near the 5:2 mean motion resonance with Jupiter; and near the 2:5 resonance with Mars). It has a diameter of about 120 km. There are important photometric observations in the years 1979, 1983 and 2007. It has an inclination of 9.4º.


Roman mythology

The name "Bellona" derived from the Latin word for "war" (bellum), and is directly related to the modern English words "belligerent" (lit., "war-waging"), "bellicose" and "antebellum". In art, she is portrayed with a helmet on her head, usually wearing a breastplate or plate armour, bearing a sword, spear, shield, or other weaponry, sometimes holding a flaming torch or sounding the Horn of Victory and Defeat.

The discovery of (28) Bellona clashed with the emergence of boxing rules designed to prevent death while the combat is goning on, and with the transition from boxing for money toward sportiness.


Rules of the handkerchief game

1. On both teams, each player is numbered.
2. To begin, a random number is chosen by the person holding the scarf.
3. Players from each team assigned with the called number, must come to the scarf, without crossing the dividing line.
4. The purpose is to take the handkerchief and run back to the line of its own team.
5. Once the handkerchief has been picked up, the other player can cross over the dividing line of each field and if the player that is taking the handkerchief is touched by the other player before he reaches back to the line of his team, it is removed of the game.
6. The numbers of the removed players are reassigned by the rest of the players of the team.

Youtube: Game of the handkerchief

(28) Bellona is related to the Martial syndrome of attack or escape, which produces an instinctive reaction of forward or withdrawal during a face-to-face confrontation, like in the game of the handkerchief (between take it or wait until the other player catches it), in a boxing match (between hitting or dodge) or in an auction (between increasing the bid or withdraw).

(41) Daphne, ability to detect incompatibilities that normally go unnoticed at first

(41) Daphne is a main belt asteroid discovered in May of 1856. It was spotted without being identified in October of 1949.

The orbit is located at the center of the main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.00 AU and an aphelion of 3.52 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.76 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 215 days. It has an inclination of 15.7º. It has a diameter of about 189 km.

(41) Daphne produced three stellar occultations in the year 1999. Photometric observations were carried out in the years 2008 and 2011.

A satellite of (41) Daphne [Peneus], of about 2 km, was discovered in March of 2008.

Orbital resonance:
9:22 with Mars (99.8%)
1:19 with Mercury (99.6%)
18:7 with Jupiter (99.5%) 
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1:1 with Ceres-Pallas (99.6%)
11:9 with Euphrosyne (99.9%)
18:13 with Cybele (99.9%)
12:11 with Psyche (99.8%)
7:6 with Interamnia (99.8%)
17:12 with Sylvia (99.8%)


Greek mythology

Daphne rejected many potential lovers. He had always shown her preference for hunting and exploring forests. Her father, a river god, would have liked to have grandchildren, but she asked him to let her remain single. Even so, her father warned her that she was too beautiful to keep all her suitors aloof. 
Apollo, continually went after her, begging her to stay with him, but Daphne continued to flee until the gods intervened helping Apollo to reach her. When Daphne realized that Apollo was about to catch her, she asked her father for help and suddenly her skin became tree bark, her hair became leaves and her arms became the branches of a laurel. When her feet rooted in the earth, Apollo embraced the branches, but even then, they contracted.

Apollo promised that he would love her forever and that the branches of the tree would crown the heads of the heroes. In addition, he gave it eternal youth and immortality so that it would always be green.


Unrequested love

Love letter from the movie "Snow Falling on Cedars" (1999): "Dear Ishmael... I can't think of anything more painful... than writing this letter to you. I feel I have to tell you the truth. When we met the last time in the cedar tree... and I felt your body move against mine... I knew with certainty... that everything was wrong. I knew we could never be right together... and that soon I would have to tell you so. And now... with this letter... I am telling you.

This is the last time I'll write to you. I'm not yours anymore. I don't love you, Ishmael. I can think of no more honest way to say it. When I heard your heart beating... as we lay together... I felt closer to you than I had ever been to anyone. And I knew... when I heard your heart beating... it could not last forever. I loved you... and I didn't love you at the same moment. Whenever we were together... I knew it. I'm going to move on with my life... as best I can. And I hope that you will, too.

You must live. I must say good-bye to you. I know you will do great things in this world. You have a gentle heart. A good heart. I will never forget you... and the time we spent together."

(41) Daphne has the ability to detect incompatibilities that normally go unnoticed at first.

Youki Kudoh, actress of the movie "Snow Falling on Cedars" (1999), has Daphne in Virgo (6th Moon-Node House) --near the Crossing Point of Age Progressions (Sign Horoscope)--, in conjunction with the Black Moon; and in trine with Juno in Taurus (10th Moon-Node House).

Ryan Reynolds, actor of the movie "Definitely, Maybe" (2008), has Daphne in Capricorn (11th Moon-Node House, cusp) in semisextile with Venus in Sagittarius (12th Moon-Node House, cusp); and in sextile with the Moon in Scorpio (1st Moon-Node House, cusp).

(3671) Dionysus, balance sense

"Karate Kid" (1984)

(3671) Dionysus is an amor asteroid discovered in May of 1984. Its orbit is between the Earth-Moon system and the main belt, with an orbital piercing toward Jupiter. It has a perihelion of 1.01 AU and an aphelion of 3.39 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.19 AU. It has an orbital period of 3 years and 94 days. It has an orbital inclination of 13.5º. It has a diameter of about 1.4 km.

A satellite, of about 300 m, was discovered in May of 1997.

Orbital resonance:

• 4:13 with Earth-Moon (99.6%)
• 9:1 with Saturn (99.6%)

• 10:9 with Vesta (99.8%)
• 17:12 with Ceres-Pallas (99.7%)
• 12:7 with Hygiea (99.7%)
• 4:3 with Juno (99.6%)

• 18:11 with Interamnia (99.7%)
• 5:3 with Europa (99.7%)

Greek mythology

Dionysus was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy.

"Gravity" (2013)

(3671) Dionysus is related with the balance sense, wich is fundamental in many sports and activities, like dive, aviation, skydiving, biking, dance, skiing, basketball, marthial arts, ...

"SSX 3" (PS2, 2004)

During the discovery of the satellite of (3671) Dionysus, Michael Jordan reached a peak of popularity.

Michael "Air" Jordan

(107) Camilla, ability to adapt to development opportunities that solve the problem of exclusion

(107) Camilla is a cybele asteroid discovered in November of 1868. It was spotted without being identified in July of 1938 and April of 1949.

The orbit is between the outter main belt and the cybele zone. It has a perihelion of 3.25 AU and an aphelion of 3.72 AU. The semimajor axis is at 3.48 AU. It has an orbital period of 6 years and 186 days. It has an inclination of 10.0º. It has a diameter of about 219 km.

A satelite, of about 16 km, was discovered in March of 2001. Photometric observations were made in the years 1975 and 2005.

Orbital resonance:
2:13 with Earth-Moon (99.8%)
20:11 with Jupiter (99.7%)  *[11:6 with Jupiter (99.3%)]
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6:7 with Hygiea (99.9%)
12:17 with Ceres-Pallas (99.7%)
5:9 with Vesta (99.6%)
10:13 with Psyche (99.8%)
1:1 with Sylvia (99.6%)
2:3 with Juno (99.4%)
5:6 with Europa (99.5%)
6:7 with Euphrosyne (99.5%)

 
Roman mythology

Camila of the Volscians was the daughter of the king Metabus, tyrant of the city of Priverno. When her father was expelled from the city, Camila virilely grew up with him in the nearby forest, but keeping all her beauty and charm.

As a baby, was nursed by a mare; and as soon as she began to take her first firm steps, she was taught to grab a javelin. As a little girl, she accompanied her father in hunting, with a bow and a quiver hanging from her shoulder. She spent her childhood in the company of her father and the shepherds in the hills and woods, observing and learning everything related with the art of hunting.

(107) Camilla is related with the ability to adapt to development opportunities, which even though they may not fit entirely with its own nature, solve the problem of exclusion and provide valuable experience, like in the movies "Mostly  Martha" (2001) and "Trouble with the Curve" (2012).

"Trouble with the Curve" (2012)

(93) Minerva, creation of rules or laws to regulate areas were there is a legal vacuum

(93) Minerva is a main belt asteroid discovered in August of 1867. It was spotted without being identified in August of 1949.

The orbit is located at the central zone of the main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.36 AU and an aphelion of 3.14 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.75 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 208 days. It has an inclination of 8.5º. Tiene un diámetro de unos 142 km.

Gorgoneion and Aegis are two satellites, of about 3 and 4 km, that were discovered in August of 2009 and named in December of 2013. A star occultation occurred in November of 1982.

Orbital resonance:
7:17 with Mars (99.9%)
1:19 with Mercury (99.8%)
13:5 with Jupiter (99.8%)
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11:9 with Hygiea (99.8%)
16:13 with Davida (99.9%)
17:12 with Sylvia (99.7%)
7:6 with Interamnia (99.7%)
12:11 with Psyche (99.7%)


Greek and Roman mythology

Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, strategy and justice. She put on her coat the decapitated head of Medusa, a priestess of her temple, who was raped by Neptune right there.

Gorgoneion was an amulet adorned with the head of the Gorgon (Medusa), while Aegis was one of the main elements of the prodigious armor of Zeus and Athena. Although the different traditions conceived in a variety of ways, generally the Aegis of Zeus was a shield, and the one of Athena was a breastplate of goat skin. By extension, it also meant 'coat', 'protection', 'defence'; it was the symbol of the invulnerability guaranteed by the gods.

The cases in which there has been a violation of a fundamental right without precedents, constitute an unique case, from which new laws can be created, or the existing ones can be modified, to ensure the protection. So that the mythological connection between Medusa and Minerva.

The rediscovery of (93) Minerva, clashed with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. After the Second World War, the concern for human rights was one of the main reasons for creating the United Nations, which would create a legal framework designed to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

(93) Minerva is related with the creation of rules or laws that regulate areas were there is a legal vacuum, like in the movie "My Syster's Keeper" (2009) or at the end of the movie "E.T. Extraterrestrial" (1982).