Monday 2 May 2016

(2063) Bacchus, dance parties

(2063) Bacchus is an apollo asteroid discovered in April of 1977.

The orbit is located between the zone of orbital piercing from Venus toward Mercury, and the aphelion of Mars. It has a perihelion of 0.70 AU and an aphelion of 1.45 AU. The semimajor axis is at 1.07 AU. It has an orbital period of 1 year and 43 days. It has an inclination of 9.4º. It has a diameter of about 1 km.

Photometric observations were made in March
-April of 1996, October of 2015 and September of 2016.

Orbital resonance:
11:20 with Venus (99.8%)

8:9 with Earth-Moon (99.5%)
5:3 with Mars (99.2%)
 

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13:4 with Vesta (99.7%)
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17:3 with Cybele (99.9%)
5:1 with Euphrosyne (99.8%)
5:1 with Hygiea (99.5%)
5:1 with Davida (99.5%)
19:4 with Interamnia (99.5%)

 

Roman mythology

Baco was the god of wine and merriment, son of Jupiter and Semele. Bacchus was honored in various festivals, such as the Bacchanalia, characterized by drink and debauchery.


(2063) Bacchus is related with dance parties and collective events with Venus-Mars eroticism (17:3 resonance with Cybele).

"Grease" (1977)