Tuesday 26 December 2017

(9499) Excalibur, demonstration of masculine strength

(9499) Excalibur is a main belt dwarf asteroid discovered in September of 1973. There are prediscovery images back to May-March of 1971 and May of 1956. It was spotted without being identified in October of 1953 and March of 1981.

The orbit has very low excentrity and it is located in the outer main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.92 AU and an aphelion of 2.95 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.93 AU. It has an orbital period of 5 years and 14 days. It has an inclination of 0.9º. It has a diameter of about 5 km.

Orbital resonance:

 3:8 with Mars (99.5%)
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11:12 with Pallas (99.9%)
11:12 with Herculina (99.9%)
10:9 with Euphrosyne (99.8%)
9:7 with Sylvia (99.8%)
 


Celtic literature

Excalibur was the name of the legendary sword of King Arthur. The sword was magically embedded in a rock with an inscription that announced that whoever managed to extract it would become king. Despite the efforts, nobody managed to extract it. When everyone had given it as impossible, Arthur, being very young, managed to get it out almost effortlessly.


(9499) Excalibur is related with the interaction moments were a demonstration of masculine strength is shown (8:3 resonance with Mars), like in the movies "Straw Dogs" (2011) and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes "(2011); or in the movie "Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), with the typical humor of the '80s.

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (2011)

Harrison Ford, actor of the movie "Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), has Excalibur in Aquarius (8th Mon-Node House), in quincunx with Mercury in Cancer (3rd Moon-Node House), and in golden aspect (137.5º) with Venus in Gemini (3rd Moon-Node House), wich is in the 2nd Crossing Point of Age Progressions (Signs Horoscope / Moon-Node Horoscope).