Basics
Class: P-type asteroid
Location: Outer main belt, Hilda group
Orbit length (approx): 7.86 years
Discovered: 14th March 1913, 22:48 UTC, from Simeïs Observatory, Crimea, Ukraine, by Grigory Neujmin
Notes: Simeïsa has a diameter of approx 104km, and a shape that is reminiscent of a tetrahedron.
Events at time of discovery:
- March 13 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa returns to Mexico from his self-imposed exile.
- – Birth of Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer, lyricist
- March 14 – The first oesophagectomy and resection was performed by Dr. Franz Torek at the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, upon a patient with oesophageal cancer; Dr. Torek performed a bypass. The unidentified patient survived for 13 years after the operation.
- – In South Africa, Justice Malcolm Searle ruled that only Christian marriages were legal under the nation’s laws, effectively invalidating the marital status of most of the British Indian residents.
- March 15 – Birth of Rosita Contreras, Argentine actress
Naming information
Name origin: Simeïs Observatory and the town of Simeïs, Crimea, Ukraine, where the object was first discovered. A total of 150 minor planets were found at the observatory, which operated as a research site until the mid-1950s and is now used for studying satellite orbits. It was founded by amateur astronomer Nikolai Maltsov. An asteroid discovery in 2007 (369010 Ira) is credited directly to the observatory.
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| Simeiz VLBI Station. The 22m radio telescope is located at the foot of Mount Koshka. Photo by Vyacheslav Argenberg. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 26+ Virgo
Discovery Sabian: A Group of Aristocratic Ladies Meet Ceremonially at a Court’s Function
Discovery nodal signature: Capricorn–Gemini
Estimated orbital resonances: Mars 3:11, Ceres 7:12, Jupiter 3:2, Saturn 15:4, Chiron 13:2
Discovery chart details: Crescent phase chart close to first quarter with Moon setting and Mercury on IC. Simeïsa was opposite Eris and semi-square Pallas. Sun-Neptune-Pholus grand trine; Moon-Chiron-Asbolus T-square; Moon-Pallas-Sedna Yod. Nessus on Aries Point. Mars and Juno semi-square North Node. Mercury conjunct Chariklo and Sedna. Venus square Uranus; Jupiter sesquiquadrate Saturn.
Summary
Potentially represents changes of opinion, perception or purpose; unique skill or capacity; effective channelling of instinctive prompts; refinement and adjustment of one’s knowledge base; actions that anticipate payoff or reward.
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| Discovery chart for (748) Simeïsa: 14th March 1913, 22:48 UTC, Simeiz, Crimea, Ukraine. The asteroid is not depicted. |