Basics
Class: Asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 3.57 years
Discovered: 20th March 1890 (time unknown), from Vienna, Austria, by Johann Palisa
Notes: Mean radius is just under 10km.
Events at time of discovery:
- March 17 – The first railway in Transvaal, the Randtram, opens between Boksburg and Braamfontein in Johannesburg.
- March 19 – Birth of Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, African-American artist known for her sculpture
- March 20 – Kaiser Wilhelm II forces Otto von Bismarck to resign as Chancellor of Germany.
- – Birth of Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor
- – Birth of Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor
Naming information
Name origin: Named for Brünn, now Brno, Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and is currently the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after Prague. Formerly the capital of Moravia, Brno contains a significant number of official buildings and cultural and geographical landmarks.
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| 1827 lithograph by František Richter (1774-1860) depicting the Reduta Theatre in Brno (centre); the oldest theatre building in Central Europe, dating from the early 17th century and reconstructed after a series of fires in the late 18th. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 7+ Libra
Discovery Sabian: A Blazing Fireplace in a Deserted Home
Discovery nodal signature: Aries–Libra
Estimated orbital resonances: Earth 5:18, Mars 3:5, Ceres 9:7, Jupiter 10:3
Discovery chart details: Noon. Bruna was opposite Venus, sextile Mars and sesquiquadrate Nessus. Minor grand trine between Jupiter, Pluto and Sedna. Saturn sextile and Pholus square the North Node. Mercury square Juno and sesquiquadrate Asbolus; Venus trine Mars and semi-square Nessus; Mars sesquiquadrate Vesta. Jupiter semi-square Eris and quincunx Pholus; Uranus square Asbolus. Pallas trine Eris.
Summary
Correspondences suggest art and culture, home and the suitability of one’s environment, preservation and questions around it, varied expressions of the human soul and character, physical embodiments or symbols.
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| Noon discovery chart for (290) Bruna: 20th March 1890, Vienna, Austria. The asteroid is not depicted. |