Basics
Class: Sk-type asteroid
Location: Outer main belt, Telramund family
Orbit length (approx): 5.13 years
Discovered: 11th November 1877 (time unknown), from Ann Arbor, MI, by James Craig Watson
Notes: Approx 77km diameter.
Events at time of discovery:
- November 14 – Henrik Ibsen’s first contemporary realist drama The Pillars of Society premières at the Odense Teater.
- November 15 – Birth of William Hope Hodgson, English author
- November 21 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph.
- November 22 – The first college lacrosse game is played between New York University and Manhattan College.
Naming information
Name origin: Greek princess, daughter of Leda and Tyndareus, half-sister of Helen.
Mythology: Helen married Menelaos of Sparta, and Klytaemnestra married his brother Agamemnon; both became involved in the ten-year Trojan War. After Agamemnon sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia on the orders of a priest, Klytaemnestra vowed revenge and took his cousin Aegisthus as a lover. When he returned, the pair murdered him and his slave Kassandra. Eventually they were both killed in retaliation by Klytaemnestra’s son Orestes.
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| Statue of Klytaemnestra from the early to mid 19th century, in Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, U.K. Artist unknown. Photo by Daderot. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 7+ Gemini
Discovery Sabian: Aroused Strikers Surround a Factory
Discovery nodal signature: Sagittarius–Gemini
Estimated orbital resonances: Mars 5:12, Ceres 9:10, Jupiter 7:3
Discovery chart details: Noon. Klytaemnestra was sesquiquadrate Pallas. Nessus sextile North Node. Mercury semi-square Jupiter and sesquiquadrate Sedna; Mars-Vesta semi-square Chiron; Jupiter square Sedna; Saturn conjunct Eris. Juno quincunx Pluto; Pallas trine Chariklo. Relatively few one-degree aspects.
Summary
May represent dissatisfaction with the status quo, far-reaching or long-term consequences, strategic or well-planned action, pragmatic or realistic outlook, natural progression, the effects of emotional suppression or neglect.
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| Noon discovery chart for (179) Klytaemnestra: 11th November 1877, Ann Arbor, MI. |