(42) Isis, harvesting

(42) Isis is a main belt asteroid discovered in May of 1856. It was spotted without being identified in April of 1939 and February of 1950.

The orbit is located in the inner main belt. It has a perihelion of 1.90 AU and an aphelion of 2.98 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.44 AU. It has an orbital period of 3 years and 299 days. It has an inclination of 8.5º. It has a diameter of about 103 km.

Photometric observations were made in July of 2000. A star occultation ocurred in May of 2011.

Orbital resonance:
8:7 with Juno (99.9%)
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9:8 with Eunomia (99.9%)
7:5 with Interamnia (99.9%)
17:10 with Sylvia (99.9%)
17:13 with Psyche (99.9%)


Egyptian mythology

Thanks to its magical and divinatory powers, the goddess Isis collected and reconstructed all the pieces of the inert body of Osiris, which Set had hidden in various locations after he killed him.    

In the context of the main belt, the mythology of Isis is compatible with the collection processes that are carried out in nature, as for example the collection of nectar and food of bees and ants, or the construction of nests and burrows of birds and beavers; and whom in agriculture, are equivalent to harvesting.

(42) Isis is related with all kinds of tasks of collection, as for example the collection of signatures in the movie "Erin Brokovich" (2000).