Basics
Class: Asteroid
Location: Main belt, Baptistina family
Orbit length (approx): 3.29 years
Discovered: 20th September 1916, 22:08 UTC, from Heidelberg, Germany, by Max Wolf
Events at time of discovery:
- September 16 – Birth of Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian labour leader
- September 17 – Birth of Mary Stewart, English-born fantasy and mystery writer
- September 20 – Brusilov Offensive: the most successful Russian military operation during the war.
- – Battle of Flers-Courcelette: New Zealand forces occupied Flers Trench where they repulsed a German counterattack.
- – New Zealand aviation pioneer Henry Wigram established the Canterbury Aviation Company in Christchurch to train pilots for service in World War I, promote local aviation defence and pioneer commercial aviation.
- – The Grand Theatre in Perth, Australia, opened to the public to showcase movies and live performances.
- – Birth of Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani politician
- September 21 – Birth of Zinovy Gerdt, Russian actor
Naming information
Name origin: Queen of ancient Persia who died about 400 BCE.
Mythology: Wife of Artaxerxes II. She had a son, who became Artaxerxes III. She was a popular ruler, apparently because she talked to ordinary people, but did not get on well with her mother-in-law Parysatis, becoming her rival as both were trying to be the main influence on the king. Stateira openly criticised Parysatis' cruelty, and was eventually poisoned by her.
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| Snapshot of (831) Stateira's orbit and statistics at the approximate moment of discovery, from the JPL Small-Body Database. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 29+ Pisces
Discovery Sabian: A Majestic Rock Formation Resembling a Face is Idealized by a Boy Who Takes it as His Ideal of Greatness, and as He Grows Up, Begins to Look Like It
Discovery nodal signature: Virgo-Pisces
Estimated orbital resonances: Venus 3:16, Mars 9:14, Ceres 7:5, Jupiter 18:5, Saturn 9:1
Discovery chart details: Last quarter phase; Pluto rising in 12th. Moon sesquiquadrate Pholus; Sun conjunct Asbolus, and in kite with Saturn, Juno and Eris, involving Nodes. Mercury square Pallas, Venus trine Sedna, Mars sesquiquadrate Chiron, Jupiter square Neptune.
Summary
Correspondences suggest: a winning charm, popularity; truth (possibly in the face of deceit or concealment, alternatively truth bombs); travel or broad reach; consistency or principled actions amid chaos and scheming; cleverness, strategic skill, self-preservation or lack thereof.
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| Discovery chart for (831) Stateira: 20th September 1916, 22:08 UTC, Heidelberg, Germany. |
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