Showing posts with label (109) Felicitas. Show all posts
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Thursday, 15 December 2016

(109) Felicitas, decide whether to pass by or stop to say hello

(109) Felicitas is a main belt asteroid discovered in October of 1869.

The orbit is located at the middle main belt. It has a perihelion of 1.89 AU and an aphelion of 3.49 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.69 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 157 days. It has an inclination of 7.9º. It has a diameter of about 89 km.


Photometric observations were carried out in 2002. A stellar occultation occurred in March 2003.


Orbital resonance:
9:11 with Vesta (99.9)
16:13 with Europa (99.9)
12:13 with Amphitrite (99.9
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Roman mythology

Felicitas was the goddess of luck and good fortune.


"Colonia" (2015) 

(109) Felicitas is related with the moments in which there is a casual encounter with a known person and a choice has to be made: passing by or stopping to say hello (9:11 resonance with Vesta, 16:13 resonance with Europe; 12:13 with resonance Amphitrite).

"The Recruit" (2003)