Sunday 15 April 2018

(566) Stereoskopia, searching the differences between two almost identical images

(566) Stereoskopia is a cybele asteroid discovered in May of 1905. There is a prediscovery image back to June of 1905. It was spotted without being identified in May of 1899, June of 1899, July of 1905, November of 1907, March of 1927 and April of 1928.

It has a perihelion of 2.98 AU and an aphelion of 3.77 AU. The semimajor axis is at 3.38 AU. It has an orbital period of 6 years and 79 days. It has an inclination of 4.9º.

Orbital resonance:
21:11 with Jupiter (99.9)
19:4 with Saturn (99.8)
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7:12 with Vesta (99.9)
9:13 with Eunomia (99.9)


Optical illusion

Stereoscopy is a technique that allows to create the illusion of depth in a photograph or movie, by presenting to each eye slightly different images, as it happens during the normal vision of the eye when seeing reality. It was invented by Charles Wheatstone in 1840.  

The discovery of (566) Stereoskopia clashed with the use of astronomical photography to discovery asteroids. It is part of the group of Gestalt asteroids, which were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century.

(566) Stereoskopia is related with the searching of differences between two almost identical images (21:11 resonance with Jupiter; 7:12 resonance with Vesta).

"The Martian" (2015)