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).
