Basics
Class: S-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 4.16 years
Discovered: 26th October 1854 (time unknown), from Paris, France, by Hermann Goldschmidt
Notes: Asteroid may be binary or have a significant concave region on surface. 81km diameter
Events at time of discovery:
- October 25 – Crimean War: Battle of Balaclava – The allies gain an overall victory, except for the disastrous cavalry Charge of the Light Brigade, from which only 200 of 700 men survive.
- October 28 – Birth of Mary G. Charlton Edholm, American social purity and temperance reformer
- November 3 – Birth of Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist
- November 5 – Battle of Inkerman – The Russians are defeated.
- – Birth of Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- November 6 – Birth of John Philip Sousa, American composer, conductor
Naming information
Name origin: Roman goddess of fruit trees, gardens, and orchards.
Mythology: Unlike many other Roman deities, Pōmōna does not have a Greek counterpart, though she is commonly associated with Demeter. She watches over and protects fruit trees and cares for their cultivation. She was not actually associated with the harvest of fruits itself, but with the flourishing of the fruit trees. In artistic depictions she is generally shown with a platter of fruit or a cornucopia.
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| Bronze statuette of Pōmōna from Pompeii, depicted holding a bivalve shell filled with fruit, at Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo by Yair-haklai. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 9+ Taurus
Discovery Sabian: A Red Cross Nurse
Discovery nodal signature: Scorpio–Taurus
Estimated orbital resonances: Ceres 10:9, Jupiter 17:6, Uranus 20:1
Discovery chart details: Noon. Venus square Pallas-Jupiter; Jupiter conjunct Pholus; Saturn closely semi-sextile Uranus and sesquiquadrate Juno. Vesta trine Neptune; Pluto sextile Eris. Juno opposite Chariklo. The Sun is likely to have remained within orb of Pluto opposition. Not many aspects under one degree.
Summary and references
May represent the web of existence and/or compassion as its binding agent; co-operation around a common cause[1], something beloved or cherished, beauty.
References:
1) Amable: (32) Pomona
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| Noon discovery chart for (32) Pomona: 26th October 1854, Paris, France. |