Basics
Class: Sl-type asteroid
Location: Inner main belt
Orbit length (approx): 3.88 years
Discovered: 17th April 1852, 22:10 UTC, from Düsseldorf, Germany, by Robert Luther
Notes: Approximately 90 km in diameter.
Events at time of discovery:
- April 1 – Birth of Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter
- April 13 – Birth of Frank Winfield Woolworth, American merchant, businessman
- May 1 – Birth of Martha "Calamity" Jane Canary, American frontierswoman
- May 4 – Birth of Alice Pleasance Liddell, inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Naming information
Name origin: Greek sea goddess and the leader of the fifty Nereides.
Mythology: Like many other sea gods, Thetis possessed the gift of prophecy and power to change her shape at will. Because of a prophecy that she was destined to bear a son greater than his father, Zeus had her marry a mortal man, Peleus, in a ceremony attended by all the gods of heaven. She bore a son, the celebrated hero Achilles.
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| Thetis and attendants bring Achilles the armour prepared for him by Hephaistos. Attic black-figure hydria, c. 575–550 BC, currently at the Louvre, Paris. Photo by Jastrow (2006). |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 27+ Virgo
Discovery Sabian: A Baldheaded Man Who Has Seized Power
Discovery nodal signature: Cancer-Aquarius
Estimated orbital resonances: Mercury 1:16, Venus 3:19, Mars 6:11, Ceres 13:11, Chiron 13:1
Discovery chart details: Balsamic phase chart; Moon was tightly square the Nodes. Mars was square Uranus, Jupiter trine Asbolus, Neptune trine the North Node and Chiron sextile Eris. Thetis was opposite Sedna.
Summary and references
Mark Andrew Holmes associates Thetis with weakness or flaws and their perception, a lack of guarantees, overprotectiveness and a desire for control[1]. Correspondences additionally suggest latent gifts and potential, personal power and charisma, creative and emotional force, inspiration, and foresight and its limits.
References:1) Mark Andrew Holmes: Thetis
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| Discovery chart for (17) Thetis: 17th April 1852, 22:10 UTC, Düsseldorf, Germany. |
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