Basics
Class: S-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 4.66 years
Discovered: 20th October 1903, 22:33 UTC, from Heidelberg, Germany, by Raymond Smith Dugan
Notes: Estimated diameter of 48km with orbital plane inclined at 11 degrees to the ecliptic.
Events at time of discovery:
- October 10 – The Women’s Social and Political Union is founded in the U.K.
- October 20 – An international tribunal issued the resolution of the Alaska boundary dispute between Canada and the United States. Anti-British feeling swept through Canada due to the country’s perceived betrayal by the British delegate to the tribunal.
- – Birth of Alida Bolten, Dutch Olympic swimmer
- – Birth of Irineo Leguisamo, Uruguayan jockey
Naming information
Name origin: The large forests that the discoverer loved to explore throughout his life; initially as a young boy in Massachusetts; then (once in Germany) around Heidelberg, as well as the Black Forest and the Odenwald. The name is Latin for ‘forest lands’.
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| Savoy Mountain State Forest in MA, where the discoverer lived as a child. Photo by Dougtone. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 11+ Taurus
Discovery Sabian: A Young Couple Window-Shopping
Discovery nodal signature: Taurus–Scorpio
Estimated orbital resonances: Earth 3:14, Mars 5:11, Saturn 19:3, Uranus 18:1
Discovery chart details: New phase chart not far off the New Moon. Mercury was opposite Sedna; Neptune square the Nodes; Mars opposite Pluto, and Venus trine Chiron. Uranus squared Eris and Asbolus was semi-square the North Node. Jupiter was retrograde. Saturn was descending, and Pallas on the IC.
Summary
May represent childlike joy and excitement, especially on encountering natural or artistic beauty; adventure and eagerness for new experiences; the personal search for the divine, or sudden inspiration.
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| Discovery chart for (519) Sylvania: 20th October 1903, 22:33 UTC, Heidelberg, Germany. The asteroid is not depicted. |