Saturday 9 August 2014

(136617) 1994 CC, survival and adaptation to amazing nature

(136617) 1994 CC is an apollo asteroid, near the Earth-Moon system, discovered in February of 1994. There are prediscovery images back to October-September of 1988. 

Its orbit crosses Earth, entering slightly into the Venus influence. It has a perihelion of 0.95 AU and an aphelion of 2.32 AU (Earth-main belt combination, with an orbital piercing towards Venus). The semimajor axis is at 1.63 AU (Mars' aphelion). It has an inclination of 4.6º.

Two satellites of (136617) 1994 CC were discovered in June of 2009

Orbital resonance:
10:21 with Earth-Moon (99.9%)
14:1 with Saturn (99.8%)
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19:11 with Vesta (99.9%)
11:5 with Herculina (99.9%)

8:3 with Euphrosyne (99.8%)
8:3 with Hygiea (99.5%)



While (5869) Tanith is related with natural parks, nature and ecosystems and how they support and feed each other, (136617) 1994 CC is related with the harmony and beauty of nature, like Pandora in the movie "Avatar" (2009).



Survival and adaptation to nature

(136617) 1994 CC is related with survival and adaptation to nature, sometimes in extreme conditions, like in the movies "River Wild" (1994) and "Avatar" (2009).