Wednesday 21 September 2016

(26) Proserpina, receptivity and deep devotion

(26) Proserpina is a main belt asteroid discovered in May of 1853. It was spotted without being identified in May of 1935 and November of 1954.

The orbit is located at the center of the main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.41 AU and an aphelion of 2.89 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.65 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 120 days. It has an inclination of 3.5º. It has a diameter of about 95 km.


Photmetric observation were taken in the years 1979, 1981, 2001, 2007 y 2008.

Orbital resonance:
3:13 with Earth-Moon (99.9%)
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15:13 with Psyche (99.9%)
3:2 with Sylvia (99.9%)
13:10 with Davida (99.9%)


 

Roman mythology

Proserpina became the queen of the Underworld, after Pluto kidnaped her while she was picking flowers.

The essential thing with (26) Proserpina is to stay connected with the inner self to assess the personal preferences and values in relation to every experience or situation (3:13 resonance with the Earth-Moon system). Through this style of receptivity becomes aware of what it wants to do and decisions can be taken according to the personal way of being and at the right moment.

Because of the subjective way in which the preferences about people or activities involved were acquired, it is capable of an amazing receptivity and devotion, like Kate in the movie "Family Man" (2001), or Helena in the video game "Uncharted" (PS3, 2007).


However, before (26) Proserpina is aware of its wishes, can have a hesitant attitude to life, waiting for something or someone to transform its life from the outside, like Rapunzel at the beginning of the movie "Tangled" (2010).