Basics
Class: Ch-type asteroid
Location: Outer main belt, Cybele group
Orbit length (approx): 6.20 years
Discovered: 28th September 1876 (time unknown) from Ann Arbor, MI, by James Craig Watson
Notes: Large asteroid, likely to be an oblate spheroid.
Events at time of discovery:
- September 26 – Global consumer goods and personal care company Henkel is founded by Friedrich Karl Henkel in Aachen, Germany.
- – Birth of Edith Abbott, American social worker, educator and author
- September 29 – Birth of Charlie Llewellyn, first non-white South African Test cricketer
- October 4 – Texas A&M University opens for classes.
- October 6 – The American Library Association is founded in Philadelphia.
Naming information
Name origin: Named after the Sibyls, oracles in ancient Greece. Originally there may have been just one Sibyl at a time, but the number eventually increased to nine or ten. Bases included Delphi, Samos, Delos and Clarus. The etymology of the term’s source is unknown.
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| Filippino Lippi (1457-1504): Five Sibyls Seated in Niches: the Samian, Cumean, Hellespontic, Phrygian and Tiburtine, c. 1465-1470, at Christ Church, Oxford, U.K. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 7+ Aries
Discovery Sabian: A Large Woman’s Hat With Streamers Blown by an East Wind
Discovery nodal signature: Libra–Taurus
Estimated orbital resonances: Venus 1:10, Ceres 14:19, Jupiter 19:10, Saturn 19:4
Discovery chart details: Noon. Sibylla was sesquiquadrate Uranus. Venus was quincunx, Mars opposite, Neptune semi-square and Pholus semi-sextile the North Node. Mercury was conjunct Juno with both semi-sextile Jupiter, opposite Chiron, and sesquiquadrate Eris. Venus was semi-sextile Mars and opposite Pholus. Mars was sesquiquadrate Neptune; Jupiter quincunx Chiron; Saturn semi-sextile Sedna. Ceres was opposite Pluto. Pallas was trine Eris and Ceres sesquiquadrate Asbolus.
Summary and references
May relate to prophecy and/or divine inspiration[1]; the discovery Sabian and associated bodies give added possible elements of spiritual/divine guidance, protection and intense, dedicated work (perhaps encompassing the combined ingredients that can lead to success and distinction).
References:
1) TAKE Astrology: Asteroids in Astrology
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| Noon discovery chart for (168) Sibylla: 28th September 1876, Ann Arbor, MI. |