Friday 20 February 2015

(318) Magdalena, affinity and commitment toward a group or collective cause

(318) Magdalena is a main belt asteroid discovered in September of 1891.

The orbit is in the outer region of the main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.92 AU and an aphelion of 3.46 AU. The semimajor axis is at 3.19 AU. It has an orbital period of 5 years and 259 days. It has an inclination of 10.6º. It has a diameter of about 105 km.


Photometric observation were made in April of 2012. There were star occultation in October of 2000 and June of 2005.

Orbital resonance:
13:17 with Juno (99.9%)
7:11 with Vesta (99.8%)
10:9 with Cybele (99.9%)



New Testament

Mary Magdalene was a distinguished disciple of Jesus of Nazareth. In the New Testament is described that housed and provided material support to Jesus and his disciples during his preaching in Galilee.

During the entry of Uranus in Pisces appeared various revolutionary ideologies on christianity, among which is the book "The Davinci Code" (Dan Brown, 2003), in which is expound the possibility that Jesus of Nazareth and Mary Magdalene had lived and had children together.


(318) Magdalena is related with a commitment to a group or collective cause, toward which it is feelt a deep affinity (13:17 resonance with Juno).

The inner change in direction occurs after a recognition from small signs or miracles in everyday life, which the attention had intuitively focused on (10:9 resonance with Cybele; 7:11 with Vesta).