Basics
Class: Asteroid
Location: Inner main belt, Flora family
Orbit length (approx): 3.31 years
Discovered: 9th September 1907, 00:18 UTC, from Heidelberg, Germany, by Max Wolf
Notes: Slow rotator, approximately 9km diameter.
Events at time of discovery:
- August 24-31 – The International Anarchist Congress of Amsterdam meets in the Netherlands.
- August 28 – UPS is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington.
- August 29 – The partially completed superstructure of the Quebec Bridge collapses entirely, claiming the lives of 76 workers.
- August 31 – Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the Anglo-Russian Entente in Saint Petersburg, bringing a pause in The Great Game in Central Asia, and establishing the Triple Entente.
- September 4 – Birth of Reggie Nalder, Austrian actor
- September 12 – Birth of Spud Chandler, American baseball player
- – Birth of Louis MacNeice, Northern Irish poet
Naming information
Name origin: Unknown. Agnes is a female given name derived from Greek, and meaning ‘pure’ or ‘holy’. The popularity of St. Agnes of Rome (c. 291-21 January 304) boosted wide use of the name, which became the third commonest for women in English-speaking countries for more than 400 years, peaking in the early 20th century. There are multiple variants.
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| Santa Inés (1650), oil painting by Francesco Guarino. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 23+ Pisces
Discovery Sabian: On a Small Island Surrounded by the Vast Expanse of the Sea, People are Seen Living in Close Interaction
Discovery nodal signature: Gemini–Libra
Estimated orbital resonances: Venus 3:16, Earth 3:10, Mars 9:14, Ceres 7:5, Jupiter 18:5
Discovery chart details: New phase chart with Virgo stellium and Yod between Venus, Chiron and Neptune. Nodes on horizon, North rising; Moon on IC. Agnes was likely conjunct Nessus. Moon sesquiquadrate Chiron and semi-sextile Asbolus; Sun sextile Neptune and semi-sextile Pholus. Venus trine Mars; Mars sesquiquadrate Asbolus; Jupiter sesquiquadrate Chariklo. Saturn-Nessus-Eris square Pluto and sesquiquadrate Pallas. Chiron trine Pholus.
Summary
May represent originality of ideas or of character, uniqueness, ability to supersede social convention where it is irrelevant or stifling; using one’s own methods, being self-taught.
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| Discovery chart for (641) Agnes: 9th September 1907, 00:18 UTC, Heidelberg, Germany. The asteroid is not depicted. |