Basics
Class: C-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 4.50 years
Discovered: 16th November 1890 (time unknown), from Vienna, Austria, by Johann Palisa
Notes: Approx 53km diameter.
Events at time of discovery:
- November 16 – Birth of George Seldes, American investigative journalist
- November 23 – Birth of El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect
- December 6 – Birth of Dion Fortune, British occultist
- December 10 – The New York World Building is completed in New York City, the tallest building in the United States for 10 years at a height of 110 metres.
- December 15 – Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed by police.
Naming information
Name origin: Bavaria, a state in the south-east of Germany and the largest by land area. Its capital city is Munich. The region has been inhabited since the Paleolithic era, with Celtic tribes such the Boii being the first recorded settlers of the Bavarian Alps.
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| View of the Watzmann mountain from Jenner mountain in the Bavarian Alps, overlooking the Königssee. Photo by Jörg Braukmann. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 18+ Taurus
Discovery Sabian: A New Continent Rising Out of the Ocean
Discovery nodal signature: Virgo–Aquarius
Estimated orbital resonances: Earth 2:9, Mars 8:17, Saturn 13:2
Discovery chart details: Noon. Bavaria was quincunx Venus and sextile Eris. Minor grand trine between Jupiter, Neptune and Sedna; minor T-square between Saturn, Vesta and Asbolus. Saturn square and Pallas opposite the North Node. Sun-Mercury semi-sextile Ceres; Venus sesquiquadrate Chiron. Mars trine Pluto and semi-square Juno. Pallas semi-square, Pholus quincunx and Chariklo sextile Uranus; Chiron trine and Nessus semi-square Sedna.
Summary
May represent teaching and learning; pride (especially in one’s community, nation or performance), the pursuit of virtue and/or excellence; new discoveries, strong emotion and its potential for movement.
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| Noon discovery chart for (301) Bavaria: 16th November 1890, Vienna, Austria. |