Basics
Class: Grey centaur
Location: Saturn-Uranus crossing
Orbit length (approx): 76.76 years
Discovered: 5th April 1995, 09:26 UTC, from Kitt Peak Observatory, AZ, by Spacewatch (James Scotti and Robert Jedicke)
Notes: Almost reaches the orbit of Neptune at aphelion, but does not cross.
Events at time of discovery:
- April 5 – Death of Nicolaas Cortlever, 79, Dutch chess master
- – Death of Emilio Greco, 81, Italian sculptor, engraver, medallist, writer and poet
- – Death of Ron Richardson, 43, American actor and operatic baritone
- April 7 – First Chechen War: Samashki massacre – Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of at least 250 civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
Naming information
Name origin: One of the centaurs in Greek myth. Name means “soot” or “carbon dust”.
Mythology: Asbolos was a diviner who read omens in the flight of birds, and who predicted the battle with the Lapiths. He eventually caused the fight with Herakles (by bringing the centaurs when he saw Herakles’ wine opened), and thus was indirectly responsible for the deaths of Pholus and Chiron.
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| Screenshot of orbit viewer showing the position of (8405) Asbolus at the time of discovery, from JPL’s Small Body Database. Centaurs tend to have more eccentric orbits than usual. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 7+ Libra
Discovery Sabian: A Blazing Fireplace in a Deserted Home
Discovery nodal signature: Aries–Libra
Estimated orbital resonances: Jupiter 2:13, Saturn 5:13, Chiron 2:3, Uranus 11:10, Neptune 13:6, Pluto 13:4
Discovery chart details: Crescent phase chart. Asbolus was sextile Ceres. Neptune and Uranus were rising; Sedna on the IC. Moon sextile Mars, sesquiquadrate Uranus and square Pholus; Sun trine Jupiter and sesquiquadrate Pluto. Mercury quincunx and Chiron semi-square North Node. Venus semi-square Neptune; Mars square Sedna and semi-sextile Pholus; Jupiter semi-square Uranus. Saturn semi-sextile Eris; Uranus sextile Pluto. Chiron sextile Chariklo; Juno opposite Vesta; Pholus trine Sedna.
Summary and references
Various sources offer indications including: tapping into the zeitgeist, current events and trends, prophecy and psychic gifts, possibly met with rejection at the time[1]; seriousness, intensity, dedication, solidity, fearfulness, bitterness, pessimism, the drive for accomplishment and its rewards, wishing to be respected[2]; difficulty receiving advice or compliments, heightened privacy awareness tending to isolation, the occult, divination, clairvoyance, a sense of justice, art with the capacity to break taboos, strong smell sense[3]; preachers and magicians, alchemy, dreams, profundity, the abyss, concealment and secrets, confession and punishment, intense sympathy[4]; wisdom, intrepidity, courage, common sense, risk-taking, abstract logic, failure to follow instincts[5].
References:
1) Alex Miller: Asbolus 8405
2) Mark Andrew Holmes: Asbolus
3) Benjamin Adamah: Asbolus Astrology
4) Juan Antonio Revilla Asbolus Keywords (Zane Stein)
5) Philip Sedgwick: New Dwarf Planets, Eris, Sedna, Centaurs & More
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| Discovery chart for (8405) Asbolus: 5th April 1995, 09:26 UTC, Tucson, AZ. |