Basics
Class: S-type asteroid
Location: Inner main belt
Orbit length (approx): 3.46 years
Discovered: 18th September 1893, 22:02 UTC, from Nice, France, by Auguste Charlois
Notes: Mean radius of about 34.9km.
Events at time of discovery:
- August 22 – Birth of Dorothy Parker, American writer
- September 18 – Birth of Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer
- September 19 – New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant women’s suffrage.
- – Swami Vivekananda delivers an inspiring paper at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.
Naming information
Name origin: The branch of mathematics (lit. ‘measuring the Earth’), which has greatly expanded since the late 19th century after the discovery of non-Euclidean geometries and the growth of symmetry as a concept.
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| Illustration in a 1450 manuscript of a European and an Arab practising geometry together; artist unknown. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 13+ Aries
Discovery Sabian: A Serpent Coiling Near a Man and a Woman
Discovery nodal signature: Capricorn–Leo
Estimated orbital resonances: Venus 3:17, Mars 8:13, Ceres 4:3, Jupiter 17:5, Saturn 17:2
Discovery chart details: First quarter phase with Moon setting. Stellia in Gemini and Virgo; T-square between Geometria, Saturn and Chariklo with minor T-square involving Geometria, Chariklo and Nessus. Geometria also sextile Neptune. Eris semi-sextile North Node. Moon sesquiquadrate Ceres and quincunx Asbolus. Venus quincunx Jupiter; Mars quincunx Pholus; Saturn trine Neptune. Chiron square Pluto; Juno opposite Sedna.
Summary
Could relate to exploration and intellectual curiosity, especially as inspired by nature; making a particular study one’s own, or finding new ways to contribute amid established and traditional methods; intuitive leaps; seeking the ultimate answer.
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| Discovery chart for (376) Geometria: 18th September 1893, 22:02 UTC, Nice, France. |