Thursday 15 September 2016

(342) Endymion, being interested in someone

(342) Endymion is a main belt asteroid discovered in October of 1892. It was spotted without being identified in March of 1892.

The orbit is located at the outter main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.24 AU and an aphelion of 2.89 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.56 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 43 days. It has an inclination of 7.3º.


Orbital resonance:

5:11 with Mars (99.5%)
3:20 with Venus (99.5%)

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15:11 with Davida (99.8%)
20:13 with Cybele (99.8%)
15:11 with Euphrosyne (99.8%)
13:10 with Interamnia (99.8%)
11:7 with Sylvia (99.7%)
9:8 with Herculina (99.6%)



Greek mythology

Endymion was a shepherd who lived in a cave on Mount Latmos. In the evenings, fascinated with the Moon, he began to write notes about its movements.

"Fifty Shades of Grey" (2015)

(342) Endymion is related with the interest that it is felt toward a particular person or field of interest, like in the movie "The Proposal" (2009).

"No Reservations" (2007)