Basics
Class: S-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 4.60 years
Discovered: 16th December 1892, 22:09 UTC, from Heidelberg, Germany, by Max Wolf
Notes: Typical main belt asteroid.
Events at time of discovery:
- December 17 – The first issue of Vogue is published in the U.S.
- December 18 – The Nutcracker ballet is premiered.
- December 21 – Birth of Rebecca West, British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer
- December 24 – Birth of Ruth Chatterton, American actress, novelist and aviator
Naming information
Name origin: Norse.
Mythology: Yrsa is the wife of Swedish king Aðils and mother of Danish king Hrólfr Kraki. There are several different versions of her story; in each she is depicted as a charming girl. Her father Halga (the younger brother of Hrothgar who received aid from Beowulf) kidnapped her mother Oluf against her will and got her pregnant. She named the child Yrsa after her dog, and sent her to live as a shepherd until she was 12. Halga then met Yrsa; neither knew of their relationship. In most accounts he rapes her, and Hrólfr is their son; later, OIuf informs them they are father and daughter. Yrsa is horrified and leaves Halga, eventually marrying Aðils.
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| Yrsa, illustration (1865) by August Malmström. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 28+ Gemini
Discovery Sabian: The First Mockingbird of Spring
Discovery nodal signature: Cancer–Capricorn
Estimated orbital resonances: Mercury 1:19, Venus 2:15, Mars 6:13, Ceres 1:1, Jupiter 13:5, Chiron 11:1
Discovery chart details: Balsamic phase with Neptune-Pluto tightly on MC and Uranus quincunx both. Stellium in Scorpio; T-square between Saturn, Pholus, Chariklo and minor T-square between Pholus, Nessus and Chariklo. Sun sextile Nessus; retrograde Mercury trine Jupiter; Venus trine Mars. Mars-Pallas semi-square North Node. Juno conjunct stationary Chiron; Ceres sextile and Asbolus sesquiquadrate Eris.
Summary
Connections are suggestive of resilience, grace, intensity and power behind the scenes.
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| Discovery chart for (351) Yrsa: 16th December 1892, 22:09 UTC, Heidelberg, Germany. The asteroid is not depicted. |