Basics
Class: K-type asteroid
Location: Outer main belt, Eos family
Orbit length (approx): 5.25 years
Discovered: 20th July 1907, 00:41 UTC, from Heidelberg, Germany, by Karl Lohnert
Notes: Mean radius about 35.6km.
Events at time of discovery:
- July 15 – The London Electrobus Company starts running the first ever service of battery-electric buses between London’s Victoria Station and Liverpool Street.
- – Birth of Isabel Jewell, American actress
- – Birth of Paul Magloire, President of Haiti
- July 21 – The SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the lumber schooner San Pedro, off Shelter Cove, CA, resulting in 88 deaths.
- – Birth of A. D. Hope, Australian poet and essayist
Naming information
Name origin: Roman name for Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis. (See post on Leto for mythology)
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| Roman statue of Leto/Latona fleeing with Artemis and Apollo, c. 350-400 CE. Photo by Sailko. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 14+ Aquarius
Discovery Sabian: Two Lovebirds Sitting on a Fence and Singing Happily
Discovery nodal signature: Capricorn–Cancer
Estimated orbital resonances: Venus 2:17, Ceres 7:8, Jupiter 9:4, Saturn 17:3, Uranus 16:1
Discovery chart details: First quarter phase with Vesta rising and Chiron on MC. Large stellium in Cancer; T-square between Venus, Uranus and Sedna; minor T-square between Venus, Pholus and Asbolus. Mercury retrograde. Moon closely square Latona. Jupiter conjunct North Node and Pluto semi-sextile both. Sun trine Eris and semi-sextile Asbolus; Mercury semi-square Vesta, conjunct Ceres and sesquiquadrate Chariklo. Mars conjunct Uranus; Saturn quincunx Asbolus; Vesta semi-square Ceres.
Summary
Potentially implies the healing power of love, or love as an active force; fulfilment and the strive for it; inspiration and dedication; influence and motivation from deep within oneself.
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| Discovery chart for (639) Latona: 20th July 1907, 00:41 UTC, Heidelberg, Germany. |