Basics
Class: XD/Ch-type asteroid
Location: Inner main belt
Orbit length (approx): 3.52 years
Discovered: 2nd April 1916, 21:25 UTC, from Simeïs observatory, Mount Koshka, Crimea, Ukraine, by Sergei Beljavskij
Notes: Mean radius approx 13.5km.
Events at time of discovery:
- April 1 – Birth of John Holter, American toolmaker and inventor
- April 2 – A munitions factory exploded at Uplees near Faversham, Kent, England, killing 108 workers.
- – At the Hawk’s Well, a play written by W. B. Yeats, was first performed privately in London.
- April 3 – Ross Sea party: British polar exploration ship Aurora was brought into harbor at Port Chalmers, New Zealand.
Naming information
Name origin: Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (1861-1930), a Norwegian polymath, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian. He led the team that first crossed the interior of Greenland, reached a record northern latitude exploring to the North Pole, studied zoology and oceanography, and worked with the League of Nations. He was one of the leading citizens of Norway and advocated for its independence from Sweden.
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| Photograph of Fridtjof Nansen (1915) by Henry Van der Weyde. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 27+ Libra
Discovery Sabian: A Man Becoming Aware of Spiritual Forces Surrounding and Assisting Him
Discovery nodal signature: Virgo–Aries
Estimated orbital resonances: Venus 3:17, Earth 2:7, Mars 11:18, Ceres 13:10, Jupiter 17:5
Discovery chart details: New phase chart with big stellium in Aries. Nessus on IC. Nansenia forms Yod with Venus and Eris. Sun-Jupiter-Sedna triple conjunction semi-square Venus. Ceres trine and Nessus sextile North Node. Mercury trine Neptune and square Pluto; Mars trine Jupiter. Vesta opposite Pallas and quincunx Chiron; Chiron opposite Asbolus. Ceres sextile Nessus and opposite Pholus.
Summary
May represent travel, especially by sea; cosmopolitan perspectives and peace activism; independence, self-sufficiency and standing out; the inspired creative mind.
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| Discovery chart for (853) Nansenia: 2nd April 1916, 21:25 UTC, Simeiz, Ukraine. The asteroid is not depicted. |