Basics
Class: M/X-type asteroid
Location: Main belt, Liberatrix family
Orbit length (approx): 4.54 years
Discovered: 12th September 1872, 03:38 UTC, from Paris, France, by Prosper Henry
Notes: Mean radius approx 43.6km. Some sources credit Prosper Henry’s brother Paul as discoverer.
Events at time of discovery:
- September 1 – A group of Icaiche Maya under Marcos Canul attack the British garrison at Orange Walk Town in British Honduras.
- September 13 – Birth of Kijūrō Shidehara, 31st Prime Minister of Japan
- September 17 – Shiseido Pharmacy Shop, predecessor of Shiseido, a major worldwide cosmetics brand, is founded in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.
- September 21 – Birth of Henry Tingle Wilde, British mariner
- September 28 – Birth of David Unaipon, Aboriginal Australian preacher, author and inventor
Naming information
Name origin: According to Schmadel, the naming “very probably is an allusion to the liberation of France at the time of the discovery.” The liberation here referred to is the Franco-Prussian war in 1870; this choice may have been intended to honour Adolphe Thiers, first president of the French Republic, who negotiated the removal of Prussian troops from France.
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| Portrait of Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877) taken within the last ten years of his life by the photographer Nadar. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 29+ Pisces
Discovery Sabian: A Majestic Rock Formation Resembling a Face is Idealized by a Boy Who Takes it as His Ideal of Greatness, and as He Grows Up, Begins to Look Like It
Discovery nodal signature: Virgo–Pisces
Estimated orbital resonances: Mercury 1:19, Earth 2:9, Mars 7:15, Jupiter 13:5, Saturn 13:2
Discovery chart details: First quarter phase with Pluto on MC and Mercury rising out of sign. Stellium in Leo. Moon square Vesta; Sun semi-sextile Jupiter and semi-square Uranus; Mercury sextile Asbolus. Venus semi-square Jupiter and sesquiquadrate Pluto; Mars quincunx Saturn and sesquiquadrate Ceres; Saturn square Chiron. Chiron sextile Pholus; Nessus square Chariklo and trine Eris; Asbolus square Sedna.
Summary
May represent dignity and authentic living; charisma, popularity or the power of the people as a support; the potential to shine or transform into a truer or fuller version of oneself.
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| Discovery chart for (125) Liberatrix: 12th September 1872, 03:38 UTC, Paris, France. The asteroid is not depicted. |