Not only is its orbit highly elliptical, but it is tilted 44.187 degrees relative to the plane of the solar system. Pluto's orbit is only inclined 17 degrees.

How big is it? The latest size estimate, as of February 2006, is a diameter of 3000 km. To put that in perspective, our Moon is 3500 km, Pluto is 2300 km, and Pluto's moon Charon only 1200 km.

It takes 557 years for the newly-discovered body to orbit the Sun. Right now, it is on the far side of the Solar System, not too far from its farthest point from the Sun.

On September 10, 2005, astronomers discovered that Eris has a moon, and this was provisionally designated S/2005 (2003 UB313). Some mouthful to say! So, since they nicknamed the main body Xena, they decided to nickname its companion Gabrielle (after the TV warrior's constant companion.)

Here is an excellent website for (mostly) astronomical information and updates on 136199: ERIS

MYTHOLOGY

The goddess Hesiod describes who 'fosters evil war and battle' is described as being the sister of Ares (Mars, to the Romans), with Zeus (Jupiter) and Hera (Ceres) as her parents.

Eris, as daughter of Nyx, has some quite interesting siblings, although the list varies depending upon the author.

And Eris herself has been listed of the mother of several other interesting beings, called the Kakodaimones, who were the evil spirits which plagued mankind. The moon of the body Eris has been named after the one listed in bold in the following paragraph from Hesiod:

There are many stories of Eris in literature, but probably the most famous took place at the marriage of Peleus to Thetis. Eris was not invited to the wedding. (Would you invite Strife to your wedding?) When she found out that she had been snubbed, but Hera (Juno), Athena (Pallas), and Aphrodite (Venus) had been sent invitations (by Chiron, in fact), but she had not been invited, she was enraged, and sought revenge. She decided to go to the wedding anyway. Colluthus wrote:

Zeus saw the quarrel heating up, and called to Hermes (Mercury) to give escort the goddesses to a shepherd named Paris, and instruct him to give the apple to the goddess he saw as the most beautiful. In this way, he sought to resolve the argument. (Some say that Zeus knew what would happen, and planned the whole thing.)

When Paris was told of his honor by Hermes, each of the goddesses tried to sway his decision by offering him a gift. (Bribing the judge?) Hera said if she were chosen fairest of all women, she would make him king of all men; Athena promised him victory in war; and Aphrodite promised him Helene in marriage.

Paris chose Aphrodite, for Helene was one of the most beautiful, desirable of all women. With Aphrodite's aid Paris seduced queen Helene and abducted her to Troy, and this led to the Trojan War.

There are many, many stories of Eris accompanying her brother Ares onto the battlefield. She is often described as having an insatiable desire for bloodshed. Even after all the other gods had withdrawn from battle, she remained, rejoicing over the slaughter.

But she was also mentioned as responsible for other 'battles.' On more than one occasion, for example, she is listed as the cause of marital strife.

Aesop retold one of the Eris stories which may indeed show us one aspect of Eris' meaning to us:

And yet, with all of this, there is another side to Eris. As Hesiod wrote:

The ancient astrologers associated war, as well as healthy competition, with the 7th house, and the 7th sign (Libra). Could Eris, therefore, be associated with Libra?

MODERN MYTHOLOGY

What is the Discordian view of Eris? For that, I'd like to quote from their 'bible', the Principia Discordia:

"...It was not until they traced the Greek writing on the apple that they discovered the ancient Goddess known to the Greeks as Eris and to the Romans as Discordia. This was on the fifth night, and when they slept that night each had a vivid dream of a splendid woman whose eyes were as soft as feather and as deep as eternity itself, and whose body was the spectacular dance of atoms and universes. Pyrotechnics of pure energy formed her flowing hair, and rainbows manifested and dissolved as she spoke in a warm and gentle voice:

"I have come to tell you that you are free. Many ages ago, My consciousness left man, that he might develop himself. I return to find this development approaching completion, but hindered by fear and by misunderstanding.

"You have built for yourselves psychic suits of armor, and clad in them, your vision is restricted, your movements are clumsy and painful, your skin is bruised, and your spirit is broiled in the sun.

"I am chaos. I am the substance from which your artists and scientists build rhythms. I am the spirit with which your children and clowns laugh in happy anarchy. I am chaos. I am alive, and I tell you that you are free.""

ASTROLOGY

It was at its furthest point from the Sun (aphelion) on March 16, 1977, at 13 Aries 36. (1977 was an interesting year. Six days earlier, rings were discovered around the planet Uranus, shaking up our reality, letting us know Saturn wasn't the only ringed planet. And later in the year, November 1, Chiron was discovered, right between Saturn and Uranus.)

Going back in time, it was closest to the Sun (perihelion) on July 7, 1699, at 8 Libra 53. A planet's perihelion is, in many ways, the beginning of its orbital cycle. What shift took place int he world at the end of the 17th Century, as we entered into the 18th Century? Why have some called the 1700's "The Age of Reason and Change"? Could this be related to the perihelion in Libra, sign of the scales of balance, fairness, law and justice?

Obviously, it is way too soon to list meanings for this planet, but it is not too soon to begin studying it astrologically. Here are a few significant positions for Eris:
Discovery position: 19 Aries 45 R
Position when announced to the world: 21 Aries 05 R

The dialectic is a branch of logic in the art of reasoning and\or disputing. Through the use of it Socrates would lead his adversary to make clear his position on the subject, then, often with the introduction of an absolutely contrary theory, the discussion would end with an admission, on the other side, of an inaccuracy. It was employed to set one theory in opposition with another, and thus to develop a subject in a comprehensive manner. First an idea (a Thesis) was thrown up against another theory (an Antithesis); from this, it was thought, one would advance to a third stage, and the truth would emerge. Often, - though not necessarily - there would come about a combination of both the ideas (a synthesis). From this process, it is thought, one would arrive at the truth of a proposition; this is not to be confused with a negotiation process whereby, usually, a compromise is wrought out.

Henry Alphern wrote (in An Outline History of Philosophy):

Hesiod wrote that there were two different Eris goddesses. One of them, the daugher of Nyx (Night) stirred up healthy competiton. Think about the last good, stirring debate you watched. A discussion involving opposing viewpoints, first one side, then the other, at times perhaps getting quite heated. Didn't you come away mentally stimulated, perhaps with your own thoughts galvanized?

Competition comes from the Latin word competere, which means: to strive together, to coincide. The very basis of healthy competition is not to create enmity, but to strive together to come up with something better than existed previously. In a healthy competition, everyone benefits, no matter whoo wins.

President William McKinley was an indefatigable campaigner. He helped rebuild the Republican Party in 1896 by rejecting divisive ethnic issues and promoting pluralism--whereby every group in the nation would prosper and none would be singled out for attack. He once wrote:

He was born on January 29, 1843, with Mercury approximately 27 Aquarius 18, closely conjunct Eris at 27 Aquarius 53.

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey had a mind that quickly grasped complicated issues. He was instrumental in merging two opposing political parties (the Democratic and the Farmer-Labor party), and with their combined backing he was elected Mayor of Minneapolis. He gained a national reputation by his strong stand for civil rights. In fact, in one of the most renowned speeches in American political history, Humphrey told the 1948 Democratic National Convention: "To those who say, my friends, to those who say, that we are rushing this issue of civil rights, I say to them we are 172 years too late! To those who say, this civil rights program is an infringement on states' rights, I say this: the time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadow of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights!" Humphrey and his allies succeeded; the pro-civil-rights plank was narrowly adopted. But not without causing strife! As a result of the Convention's vote, the Mississippi and one half of the Alabama delegation walked out of the hall. Many Southern Democrats were so enraged that they formed the "Dixiecrat" party and nominated their own presidential candidate.

He once wrote:

Humphrey was born May 27, 1911. This gave him a Mars (25 Pisces 19) conjunct Eris (26 Pisces 39), both square Pluto (26 Gemini 53.)

• Research in history should reflect an interesting transition from 1922-1927. Eris was straddling the cusp between Pisces and Aries that whole period:
  
  • Enters Aries June 3, 1922
  • Retrogrades back into Pisces July 21, 1922
  • Enters Aries April 27, 1923
  • Retrogrades back into Pisces August 28, 1923
  • Enters Aries April 1, 1924
  • Retrogrades back into Pisces September 24, 1924
  • Enters Aries March 9, 1925
  • Retrogrades back into Pisces October 22, 1925
  • Enters Aries February 12, 1926
  • Retrogrades back into Pisces December 5, 1926
  • Enters Aries January 1, 1927 (where it still is to this day)
• Look especially to 1924 & 1925, when the Spring Equinox occurred only hours away from the Sun/Eris conjunction.
  
  • 1924: Only a few days after the conjunction in 1924, Greece proclaims itself a Republic. Less than a week after that, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the Beer Hall Putsch.
  • 1925: Shortly before the conjunction, a law was passed in Tennessee that, in effect, forbade the teaching of evolution in schools, or "any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible." This sparked a major furor, putting on trial a teacher (John T. Scopes) in what was to become one of the most famous trials in history. William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow locked horns in what has become known as the Scopes Monkey Trial.

• Birthcharts. Do you know anyone born on or near any of these dates?
• Personal Events. Have you had anything happen to you around these dates?
• Historical Events. Have there been any patterns in world events for these dates?

  DEGREE	DATE	TIME (U.T.)		DEGREE	DATE	TIME (U.T.)
  22 PI 20	3/13/1900	8 Hr 35 Min 56 Sec		7 AR 49	3/28/1953	19 Hr 25 Min 59 Sec
  22 PI 40	3/13/1901	22 Hr 30 Min 47 Sec		8 AR 05	3/29/1954	7 Hr 37 Min 00 Sec
  23 PI 00	3/14/1902	12 Hr 22 Min 29 Sec		8 AR 20	3/29/1955	19 Hr 27 Min 02 Sec
  23 PI 20	3/15/1903	2 Hr 19 Min 49 Sec		8 AR 35	3/29/1956	7 Hr 31 Min 35 Sec
  23 PI 40	3/14/1904	16 Hr 05 Min 19 Sec		8 AR 51	3/29/1957	19 Hr 31 Min 54 Sec
  23 PI 59	3/15/1905	5 Hr 52 Min 01 Sec		9 AR 06	3/30/1958	7 Hr 27 Min 08 Sec
  24 PI 19	3/15/1906	19 Hr 40 Min 27 Sec		9 AR 21	3/30/1959	19 Hr 28 Min 04 Sec
  24 PI 38	3/16/1907	9 Hr 08 Min 41 Sec		9 AR 36	3/30/1960	7 Hr 13 Min 42 Sec
  24 PI 58	3/15/1908	22 Hr 42 Min 04 Sec		9 AR 51	3/30/1961	19 Hr 14 Min 08 Sec
  25 PI 17	3/16/1909	12 Hr 12 Min 36 Sec		10 AR 06	3/31/1962	7 Hr 18 Min 18 Sec
  25 PI 36	3/17/1910	1 Hr 38 Min 19 Sec		10 AR 21	3/31/1963	19 Hr 07 Min 05 Sec
  25 PI 55	3/17/1911	15 Hr 05 Min 09 Sec		10 AR 36	3/31/1964	7 Hr 13 Min 23 Sec
  26 PI 13	3/17/1912	4 Hr 18 Min 10 Sec		10 AR 51	3/31/1965	19 Hr 10 Min 54 Sec
  26 PI 32	3/17/1913	17 Hr 37 Min 10 Sec		11 AR 06	4/1/1966	7 Hr 02 Min 09 Sec
  26 PI 51	3/18/1914	7 Hr 04 Min 24 Sec		11 AR 21	4/1/1967	18 Hr 56 Min 52 Sec
  27 PI 10	3/18/1915	20 Hr 16 Min 45 Sec		11 AR 36	4/1/1968	6 Hr 35 Min 22 Sec
  27 PI 28	3/18/1916	9 Hr 38 Min 18 Sec		11 AR 51	4/1/1969	18 Hr 27 Min 14 Sec
  27 PI 47	3/18/1917	22 Hr 55 Min 43 Sec		12 AR 06	4/2/1970	6 Hr 17 Min 14 Sec
  28 PI 05	3/19/1918	12 Hr 03 Min 39 Sec		12 AR 20	4/2/1971	17 Hr 48 Min 50 Sec
  28 PI 23	3/20/1919	1 Hr 12 Min 34 Sec		12 AR 35	4/2/1972	5 Hr 39 Min 19 Sec
  28 PI 41	3/19/1920	14 Hr 05 Min 43 Sec		12 AR 50	4/2/1973	17 Hr 24 Min 07 Sec
  28 PI 59	3/20/1921	3 Hr 04 Min 15 Sec		13 AR 05	4/3/1974	5 Hr 10 Min 57 Sec
  29 PI 16	3/20/1922	16 Hr 07 Min 11 Sec		13 AR 19	4/3/1975	17 Hr 05 Min 18 Sec
  29 PI 34	3/21/1923	4 Hr 50 Min 19 Sec		13 AR 34	4/3/1976	4 Hr 45 Min 34 Sec
  29 PI 51	3/20/1924	17 Hr 43 Min 19 Sec		13 AR 48	4/3/1977	16 Hr 36 Min 49 Sec
  0 AR 08	3/21/1925	6 Hr 36 Min 51 Sec		14 AR 03	4/4/1978	4 Hr 22 Min 47 Sec
  0 AR 26	3/21/1926	19 Hr 27 Min 05 Sec		14 AR 17	4/4/1979	15 Hr 49 Min 58 Sec
  0 AR 43	3/22/1927	8 Hr 26 Min 16 Sec		14 AR 31	4/4/1980	3 Hr 33 Min 47 Sec
  1 AR 01	3/21/1928	21 Hr 11 Min 08 Sec		14 AR 45	4/4/1981	15 Hr 10 Min 57 Sec
  1 AR 18	3/22/1929	10 Hr 02 Min 01 Sec		15 AR 00	4/5/1982	2 Hr 44 Min 56 Sec
  1 AR 35	3/22/1930	22 Hr 53 Min 08 Sec		15 AR 14	4/5/1983	14 Hr 23 Min 23 Sec
  1 AR 52	3/23/1931	11 Hr 22 Min 33 Sec		15 AR 28	4/5/1984	1 Hr 48 Min 54 Sec
  2 AR 09	3/23/1932	0 Hr 03 Min 10 Sec		15 AR 43	4/5/1985	13 Hr 30 Min 07 Sec
  2 AR 26	3/23/1933	12 Hr 39 Min 15 Sec		15 AR 57	4/6/1986	1 Hr 12 Min 24 Sec
  2 AR 43	3/24/1934	1 Hr 10 Min 45 Sec		16 AR 11	4/6/1987	12 Hr 41 Min 44 Sec
  3 AR 00	3/24/1935	13 Hr 46 Min 20 Sec		16 AR 26	4/6/1988	0 Hr 28 Min 27 Sec
  3 AR 16	3/24/1936	2 Hr 06 Min 15 Sec		16 AR 40	4/6/1989	12 Hr 08 Min 06 Sec
  3 AR 33	3/24/1937	14 Hr 38 Min 11 Sec		16 AR 54	4/6/1990	23 Hr 41 Min 09 Sec
  3 AR 49	3/25/1938	3 Hr 15 Min 19 Sec		17 AR 09	4/7/1991	11 Hr 18 Min 29 Sec
  4 AR 06	3/25/1939	15 Hr 36 Min 54 Sec		17 AR 23	4/6/1992	22 Hr 41 Min 46 Sec
  4 AR 22	3/25/1940	4 Hr 13 Min 48 Sec		17 AR 37	4/7/1993	10 Hr 19 Min 03 Sec
  4 AR 39	3/25/1941	16 Hr 41 Min 59 Sec		17 AR 51	4/7/1994	21 Hr 52 Min 22 Sec
  4 AR 55	3/26/1942	5 Hr 04 Min 58 Sec		18 AR 05	4/8/1995	9 Hr 09 Min 30 Sec
  5 AR 11	3/26/1943	17 Hr 29 Min 14 Sec		18 AR 19	4/7/1996	20 Hr 46 Min 01 Sec
  5 AR 27	3/26/1944	5 Hr 37 Min 04 Sec		18 AR 32	4/8/1997	8 Hr 17 Min 59 Sec
  5 AR 43	3/26/1945	17 Hr 55 Min 38 Sec		18 AR 46	4/8/1998	19 Hr 51 Min 09 Sec
  5 AR 59	3/27/1946	6 Hr 14 Min 43 Sec		19 AR 01	4/9/1999	7 Hr 32 Min 54 Sec
  6 AR 14	3/27/1947	18 Hr 14 Min 21 Sec		19 AR 15	4/8/2000	19 Hr 01 Min 07 Sec
  6 AR 30	3/27/1948	6 Hr 28 Min 41 Sec		19 AR 29	4/9/2001	6 Hr 41 Min 38 Sec
  6 AR 46	3/27/1949	18 Hr 39 Min 15 Sec		19 AR 43	4/9/2002	18 Hr 14 Min 14 Sec
  7 AR 02	3/28/1950	6 Hr 49 Min 52 Sec		19 AR 57	4/10/2003	5 Hr 29 Min 50 Sec
  7 AR 18	3/28/1951	19 Hr 08 Min 36 Sec		20 AR 11	4/9/2004	17 Hr 05 Min 21 Sec
  7 AR 33	3/28/1952	7 Hr 12 Min 42 Sec		20 AR 25	4/10/2005	4 Hr 31 Min 48 Sec
  7 AR 49	3/28/1953	19 Hr 25 Min 59 Sec		20 AR 38	4/10/2006	15 Hr 56 Min 44 Sec

  ERIS ASPECTING MAJOR PLANETS

  Of course, not only Eris/Sun conjunctions should be significant, but any major aspect between a planet and this body.

  ERIS AND PLUTO

  My first thought was to look for a conjunction between Eris and Pluto, since they are both long-range influences. But I couldn't find one during the whole 20th Century, or even the 19th. Since 1700, these two bodies have only had one conjuction, on December 16, 1756 (at 18 Sagittarius 33.) I've disovered that a remarkable artist was born while these two bodies were only about a degree apart, and invite you to read look at the chart of William Blake.

  Due to the the extreme eccentricities of these two planets, other aspects between them are rare as well. The only times the two planets were in exact opposition between 1700 and the present were in the 20th Century. (The first position in the list is that of Pluto, the second, Eris):

  • Nov 20, 1976 - 13 Lib 17 to 13 Ari 17
  • Mar 7, 1977 - 13 Lib 31 to 13 Ari 31
  • Oct 4, 1977 - 13 Lib 58 to 13 Ari 58
  • May 10, 1978 - 14 Lib 26 to 14 Ari 26
  • Aug 15, 1978 - 14 Lib 38 to 14 Ari 38

  Three major discoveries in astronomy were made during this period which forever changed our picture of the solar system. All three of these discoveries would have a Pluto/Eris opposition in their charts.:

  • March 10, 1977, Uranus was discovered to have rings. Up until that time, Saturn was the only planet thought to have rings.
  • Nov 1, 1977, Chiron was discovered. Nothing of note was thought to be in that part of the system, and it opened up a whole new category of bodies called Centaurs.
  • July 2, 1978, Pluto was discovered to have a moon, which was named Charon. This discovery led to the conclusion that Pluto was much smaller than previously supposed.

  And the only times they were square since 1700 were also in the 20th Century:

  Sep 20, 1907	-	24 Gem 48 to 24 Pis 48
  Nov 24, 1907	-	24 Gem 13 to 24 Pis 13
  Aug 14, 1908	-	25 Gem 31 to 25 Pis 31
  Jan 1, 1909	-	24 Gem 32 to 24 Pis 32
  Jul 17, 1909	-	26 Gem 02 to 26 Pis 02
  Feb 2, 1910	-	25 Gem 05 to 25 Pis 05
  Jun 19, 1910	-	26 Gem 25 to 26 Pis 25
  Mar 16, 1911	-	25 Gem 54 to 25 Pis 54
  Oct 5, 1911	-	26 Gem 32 to 26 Pis 32

  This grouping is especially intriguing because the Galactic Center during this period was 25 Sag 34 to 25 Sag 37, with Pluto opposing it (unlike now when Pluto is conjunct the GC) and Eris squaring it.

  ERIS AND OTHER PLANETS

  Eris conjunct Mercury should shape a person's manner of speaking, and thinking; Eris conjunct Mars should shape a person's method of attacking problems, etc. Here are all the conjunctions (1900-2006) of Eris to the major planets plus Chiron. (Note: there were no Neptune or Pluto conjunctions during this period.) Do you know anyone born on or near any of these dates?

  CONJUNCT	DEGREE	DATE	TIME---(U.T.)		CONJUNCT	DEGREE	DATE	TIME---(U.T.)		CONJUNCT	DEGREE	DATE	TIME (U.T.)
  MERC/ERIS	22 PI 08	2/27/1900	0 Hr 42 M		MERC/ERIS	3 AR 23	4/2/1936	0 Hr 02 M		CHIR/ERIS	12 AR 55	5/30/1971	17 Hr 06 M
  MARS/ERIS	22 PI 33	3/29/1900	14 Hr 46 M		VENU/ERIS	3 AR 31	4/13/1936	21 Hr 26 M		CHIR/ERIS	12 AR 45	9/8/1971	2 Hr 21 M
  VENU/ERIS	21 PI 53	6/2/1900	21 Hr 55 M		MERC/ERIS	3 AR 33	3/24/1937	22 Hr 35 M		MARS/ERIS	11 AR 56	1/14/1972	3 Hr 28 M
  .	.	.	.		VENU/ERIS	3 AR 02	5/2/1937	9 Hr 55 M		VENU/ERIS	12 AR 09	2/20/1972	16 Hr 29 M
  VENU/ERIS	22 PI 48	3/23/1901	22 Hr 55 M		SATU/ERIS	4 AR 17	6/15/1937	5 Hr 16 M		MERC/ERIS	12 AR 23	3/14/1972	14 Hr 20 M
  MERC/ERIS	23 PI 02	4/10/1901	11 Hr 35 M		SATU/ERIS	4 AR 04	8/22/1937	17 Hr 18 M		CHIR/ERIS	12 AR 26	3/19/1972	9 Hr 46 M
  MERC/ERIS	23 PI 17	4/5/1902	9 Hr 48 M		SATU/ERIS	3 AR 27	2/19/1938	21 Hr 08 M		MERC/ERIS	12 AR 33	3/29/1972	9 Hr 50 M
  VENU/ERIS	23 PI 35	5/1/1902	0 Hr 05 M		MARS/ERIS	3 AR 18	3/2/1938	22 Hr 40 M		MERC/ERIS	12 AR 53	4/29/1972	23 Hr 43 M
  VENU/ERIS	23 PI 04	2/22/1903	12 Hr 52 M		VENU/ERIS	3 AR 42	3/15/1938	8 Hr 48 M		VENU/ERIS	12 AR 51	4/4/1973	4 Hr 47 M
  MERC/ERIS	23 PI 31	3/29/1903	10 Hr 57 M		MERC/ERIS	3 AR 43	3/16/1938	21 Hr 09 M		MERC/ERIS	13 AR 05	4/26/1973	4 Hr 47 M
  MARS/ERIS	23 PI 20	2/18/1904	12 Hr 26 M		MERC/ERIS	3 AR 54	3/9/1939	15 Hr 54 M		MARS/ERIS	13 AR 32	7/12/1973	8 Hr 29 M
  MERC/ERIS	23 PI 45	3/20/1904	18 Hr 03 M		VENU/ERIS	4 AR 30	4/29/1939	8 Hr 40 M		MERC/ERIS	13 AR 15	4/19/1974	10 Hr 13 M
  VENU/ERIS	23 PI 59	4/8/1904	5 Hr 42 M		JUPI/ERIS	4 AR 48	6/8/1939	11 Hr 53 M		VENU/ERIS	13 AR 32	5/16/1974	21 Hr 54 M
  VENU/ERIS	23 PI 26	1/28/1905	4 Hr 26 M		JUPI/ERIS	4 AR 18	9/23/1939	19 Hr 48 M		VENU/ERIS	13 AR 00	3/5/1975	23 Hr 34 M
  MERC/ERIS	23 PI 57	3/12/1905	18 Hr 18 M		MARS/ERIS	3 AR 41	1/9/1940	10 Hr 19 M		MERC/ERIS	13 AR 25	4/11/1975	15 Hr 20 M
  MARS/ERIS	23 PI 45	1/27/1906	17 Hr 20 M		JUPI/ERIS	3 AR 44	1/19/1940	6 Hr 42 M		JUPI/ERIS	13 AR 46	5/17/1975	2 Hr 45 M
  MERC/ERIS	24 PI 10	3/4/1906	22 Hr 47 M		VENU/ERIS	3 AR 56	2/15/1940	12 Hr 37 M		MARS/ERIS	13 AR 56	6/9/1975	0 Hr 50 M
  VENU/ERIS	24 PI 14	3/9/1906	22 Hr 42 M		MERC/ERIS	4 AR 41	4/20/1940	21 Hr 58 M		MERC/ERIS	13 AR 33	4/2/1976	10 Hr 41 M
  MERC/ERIS	24 PI 42	3/20/1907	9 Hr 00 M		VENU/ERIS	4 AR 42	3/30/1941	19 Hr 51 M		VENU/ERIS	13 AR 45	4/19/1976	12 Hr 47 M
  MERC/ERIS	25 PI 00	4/13/1907	13 Hr 24 M		MERC/ERIS	4 AR 53	4/15/1941	7 Hr 53 M		VENU/ERIS	13 AR 21	2/17/1977	20 Hr 43 M
  VENU/ERIS	25 PI 07	4/23/1907	9 Hr 36 M		MARS/ERIS	5 AR 23	7/11/1941	19 Hr 20 M		MERC/ERIS	13 AR 42	3/25/1977	7 Hr 41 M
  SATU/ERIS	25 PI 21	5/19/1907	13 Hr 43 M		MERC/ERIS	5 AR 04	4/8/1942	2 Hr 00 M		VENU/ERIS	13 AR 53	4/10/1977	5 Hr 53 M
  SATU/ERIS	24 PI 58	9/5/1907	21 Hr 36 M		VENU/ERIS	5 AR 25	5/11/1942	1 Hr 45 M		VENU/ERIS	14 AR 15	5/16/1977	6 Hr 27 M
  MARS/ERIS	24 PI 13	1/2/1908	23 Hr 16 M		VENU/ERIS	4 AR 53	3/1/1943	11 Hr 00 M		MARS/ERIS	14 AR 15	5/16/1977	5 Hr 22 M
  SATU/ERIS	24 PI 26	1/31/1908	17 Hr 20 M		MERC/ERIS	5 AR 14	3/31/1943	3 Hr 45 M		MERC/ERIS	13 AR 51	3/18/1978	6 Hr 15 M
  MERC/ERIS	25 PI 17	4/9/1908	19 Hr 35 M		MARS/ERIS	5 AR 51	6/4/1943	7 Hr 16 M		VENU/ERIS	13 AR 53	3/20/1978	20 Hr 36 M
  VENU/ERIS	24 PI 31	9/2/1908	14 Hr 23 M		MERC/ERIS	5 AR 24	3/22/1944	0 Hr 16 M		MARS/ERIS	14 AR 31	4/25/1979	19 Hr 33 M
  VENU/ERIS	25 PI 24	3/25/1909	12 Hr 11 M		VENU/ERIS	5 AR 41	4/15/1944	3 Hr 01 M		MERC/ERIS	14 AR 34	4/30/1979	20 Hr 47 M
  MERC/ERIS	25 PI 31	4/3/1909	11 Hr 24 M		MERC/ERIS	5 AR 34	3/14/1945	4 Hr 39 M		VENU/ERIS	14 AR 37	5/5/1979	6 Hr 55 M
  MARS/ERIS	26 PI 04	7/11/1909	21 Hr 38 M		MARS/ERIS	6 AR 12	5/10/1945	22 Hr 26 M		VENU/ERIS	14 AR 05	2/21/1980	22 Hr 21 M
  MERC/ERIS	25 PI 43	3/27/1910	0 Hr 29 M		VENU/ERIS	5 AR 12	7/2/1945	13 Hr 18 M		MERC/ERIS	14 AR 44	4/24/1980	1 Hr 50 M
  VENU/ERIS	26 PI 09	5/3/1910	9 Hr 35 M		MERC/ERIS	5 AR 46	3/8/1946	18 Hr 55 M		VENU/ERIS	14 AR 46	4/5/1981	4 Hr 58 M
  VENU/ERIS	25 PI 38	2/24/1911	1 Hr 57 M		VENU/ERIS	5 AR 51	3/16/1946	13 Hr 20 M		MARS/ERIS	14 AR 46	4/5/1981	5 Hr 19 M
  MERC/ERIS	25 PI 56	3/19/1911	2 Hr 01 M		MERC/ERIS	5 AR 57	3/25/1946	9 Hr 10 M		MERC/ERIS	14 AR 54	4/16/1981	16 Hr 00 M
  MARS/ERIS	26 PI 40	5/29/1911	7 Hr 59 M		MERC/ERIS	6 AR 18	4/24/1946	6 Hr 20 M		MERC/ERIS	15 AR 02	4/8/1982	14 Hr 22 M
  MERC/ERIS	26 PI 08	3/10/1912	2 Hr 00 M		MERC/ERIS	6 AR 31	4/20/1947	15 Hr 31 M		VENU/ERIS	15 AR 26	5/18/1982	4 Hr 58 M
  VENU/ERIS	26 PI 31	4/9/1912	18 Hr 50 M		MARS/ERIS	6 AR 31	4/20/1947	8 Hr 34 M		VENU/ERIS	14 AR 55	3/7/1983	0 Hr 47 M
  VENU/ERIS	26 PI 00	1/30/1913	6 Hr 01 M		VENU/ERIS	6 AR 37	4/30/1947	15 Hr 38 M		MARS/ERIS	15 AR 01	3/16/1983	15 Hr 08 M
  MERC/ERIS	26 PI 21	3/2/1913	17 Hr 33 M		VENU/ERIS	6 AR 04	2/16/1948	20 Hr 39 M		MERC/ERIS	15 AR 10	3/31/1983	8 Hr 31 M
  MARS/ERIS	27 PI 06	5/4/1913	8 Hr 06 M		MERC/ERIS	6 AR 42	4/12/1948	23 Hr 42 M		MERC/ERIS	15 AR 19	3/22/1984	12 Hr 59 M
  VENU/ERIS	26 PI 46	3/11/1914	10 Hr 04 M		MARS/ERIS	6 AR 48	3/30/1949	16 Hr 22 M		VENU/ERIS	15 AR 38	4/20/1984	12 Hr 55 M
  MERC/ERIS	27 PI 11	4/14/1914	12 Hr 55 M		VENU/ERIS	6 AR 49	3/31/1949	23 Hr 35 M		VENU/ERIS	15 AR 16	2/21/1985	14 Hr 30 M
  MERC/ERIS	27 PI 26	4/9/1915	5 Hr 38 M		MERC/ERIS	6 AR 52	4/5/1949	7 Hr 14 M		MARS/ERIS	15 AR 17	2/23/1985	4 Hr 03 M
  MARS/ERIS	27 PI 29	4/13/1915	15 Hr 00 M		MERC/ERIS	7 AR 02	3/28/1950	4 Hr 35 M		MERC/ERIS	15 AR 30	3/17/1985	20 Hr 47 M
  VENU/ERIS	27 PI 37	4/25/1915	0 Hr 45 M		VENU/ERIS	7 AR 31	5/12/1950	15 Hr 38 M		MERC/ERIS	15 AR 40	4/1/1985	3 Hr 16 M
  JUPI/ERIS	27 PI 58	7/1/1915	0 Hr 19 M		VENU/ERIS	7 AR 00	3/2/1951	15 Hr 28 M		VENU/ERIS	15 AR 40	4/1/1985	9 Hr 55 M
  JUPI/ERIS	27 PI 46	8/9/1915	20 Hr 36 M		MARS/ERIS	7 AR 05	3/11/1951	2 Hr 51 M		MERC/ERIS	16 AR 00	5/3/1985	4 Hr 17 M
  JUPI/ERIS	26 PI 54	1/28/1916	7 Hr 46 M		MERC/ERIS	7 AR 12	3/20/1951	2 Hr 33 M		VENU/ERIS	16 AR 10	5/20/1985	8 Hr 57 M
  MERC/ERIS	27 PI 39	4/1/1916	3 Hr 57 M		JUPI/ERIS	7 AR 55	5/30/1951	19 Hr 02 M		VENU/ERIS	15 AR 47	3/21/1986	20 Hr 19 M
  VENU/ERIS	27 PI 02	11/2/1916	4 Hr 29 M		JUPI/ERIS	7 AR 16	10/17/1951	11 Hr 26 M		MERC/ERIS	16 AR 12	4/29/1986	8 Hr 36 M
  MARS/ERIS	27 PI 50	3/23/1917	23 Hr 10 M		JUPI/ERIS	6 AR 53	1/9/1952	2 Hr 57 M		MARS/ERIS	15 AR 36	1/30/1987	20 Hr 24 M
  MERC/ERIS	27 PI 51	3/24/1917	8 Hr 59 M		MERC/ERIS	7 AR 22	3/11/1952	22 Hr 44 M		MERC/ERIS	16 AR 22	4/22/1987	13 Hr 00 M
  VENU/ERIS	27 PI 53	3/26/1917	23 Hr 02 M		VENU/ERIS	7 AR 47	4/16/1952	7 Hr 02 M		VENU/ERIS	16 AR 30	5/6/1987	8 Hr 16 M
  CHIR/ERIS	28 PI 03	9/12/1917	1 Hr 44 M		MARS/ERIS	7 AR 24	2/17/1953	19 Hr 56 M		JUPI/ERIS	16 AR 34	5/11/1987	18 Hr 10 M
  CHIR/ERIS	27 PI 45	2/20/1918	18 Hr 04 M		MERC/ERIS	8 AR 07	4/24/1953	8 Hr 19 M		VENU/ERIS	15 AR 59	2/23/1988	3 Hr 54 M
  MERC/ERIS	28 PI 02	3/16/1918	7 Hr 47 M		VENU/ERIS	7 AR 19	9/2/1953	18 Hr 52 M		MERC/ERIS	16 AR 31	4/13/1988	17 Hr 09 M
  VENU/ERIS	28 PI 38	5/5/1918	13 Hr 41 M		VENU/ERIS	7 AR 57	3/17/1954	16 Hr 36 M		MARS/ERIS	16 AR 01	12/23/1988	12 Hr 44 M
  VENU/ERIS	28 PI 06	2/25/1919	12 Hr 57 M		MERC/ERIS	8 AR 19	4/18/1954	16 Hr 03 M		MERC/ERIS	16 AR 39	4/5/1989	11 Hr 43 M
  MARS/ERIS	28 PI 11	3/4/1919	10 Hr 37 M		MARS/ERIS	7 AR 44	1/25/1955	23 Hr 46 M		VENU/ERIS	16 AR 40	4/6/1989	4 Hr 30 M
  MERC/ERIS	28 PI 14	3/8/1919	12 Hr 07 M		MERC/ERIS	8 AR 29	4/11/1955	8 Hr 33 M		MERC/ERIS	16 AR 48	3/28/1990	8 Hr 15 M
  MERC/ERIS	28 PI 27	3/1/1920	12 Hr 13 M		VENU/ERIS	8 AR 42	5/1/1955	21 Hr 13 M		VENU/ERIS	17 AR 21	5/19/1990	10 Hr 55 M
  MERC/ERIS	28 PI 42	3/21/1920	3 Hr 04 M		VENU/ERIS	8 AR 09	2/18/1956	3 Hr 59 M		MARS/ERIS	17 AR 34	6/24/1990	15 Hr 34 M
  VENU/ERIS	28 PI 58	4/11/1920	5 Hr 48 M		MERC/ERIS	8 AR 38	4/2/1956	9 Hr 01 M		VENU/ERIS	16 AR 49	3/8/1991	1 Hr 47 M
  MERC/ERIS	29 PI 02	4/16/1920	18 Hr 24 M		MARS/ERIS	8 AR 09	12/22/1956	2 Hr 17 M		MERC/ERIS	16 AR 57	3/21/1991	7 Hr 43 M
  VENU/ERIS	28 PI 27	1/2/1921	7 Hr 18 M		MERC/ERIS	8 AR 47	3/25/1957	4 Hr 40 M		VENU/ERIS	17 AR 32	4/21/1992	12 Hr 45 M
  MERC/ERIS	29 PI 17	4/13/1921	14 Hr 36 M		VENU/ERIS	8 AR 53	4/2/1957	2 Hr 21 M		MERC/ERIS	17 AR 39	5/3/1992	0 Hr 16 M
  MARS/ERIS	28 PI 32	11/2/1921	7 Hr 22 M		MERC/ERIS	8 AR 57	3/17/1958	9 Hr 05 M		MARS/ERIS	17 AR 54	5/29/1992	10 Hr 11 M
  VENU/ERIS	29 PI 10	3/12/1922	19 Hr 29 M		VENU/ERIS	9 AR 34	5/14/1958	3 Hr 32 M		VENU/ERIS	17 AR 12	2/27/1993	2 Hr 42 M
  MERC/ERIS	29 PI 29	4/7/1922	3 Hr 15 M		MARS/ERIS	9 AR 48	6/21/1958	2 Hr 48 M		VENU/ERIS	17 AR 26	3/22/1993	15 Hr 47 M
  MARS/ERIS	28 PI 55	1/19/1923	22 Hr 48 M		VENU/ERIS	9 AR 03	3/3/1959	18 Hr 54 M		MERC/ERIS	17 AR 50	4/27/1993	4 Hr 33 M
  MERC/ERIS	29 PI 41	3/30/1923	14 Hr 03 M		MERC/ERIS	9 AR 08	3/12/1959	5 Hr 47 M		VENU/ERIS	18 AR 05	5/23/1993	13 Hr 43 M
  VENU/ERIS	0 AR 00	4/26/1923	13 Hr 26 M		MERC/ERIS	9 AR 19	3/27/1959	19 Hr 33 M		VENU/ERIS	17 AR 40	3/22/1994	19 Hr 51 M
  MERC/ERIS	29 PI 52	3/21/1924	13 Hr 56 M		MERC/ERIS	9 AR 40	4/27/1959	16 Hr 38 M		MERC/ERIS	17 AR 58	4/19/1994	17 Hr 47 M
  VENU/ERIS	29 PI 25	12/2/1924	16 Hr 31 M		VENU/ERIS	9 AR 48	4/17/1960	9 Hr 45 M		MARS/ERIS	18 AR 10	5/8/1994	7 Hr 40 M
  MARS/ERIS	29 PI 24	12/18/1924	10 Hr 54 M		MERC/ERIS	9 AR 52	4/22/1960	23 Hr 11 M		MERC/ERIS	18 AR 07	4/11/1995	15 Hr 13 M
  MERC/ERIS	0 AR 03	3/13/1925	13 Hr 08 M		MARS/ERIS	10 AR 09	5/24/1960	16 Hr 29 M		VENU/ERIS	18 AR 23	5/7/1995	9 Hr 10 M
  VENU/ERIS	0 AR 14	3/28/1925	7 Hr 29 M		MERC/ERIS	10 AR 02	4/16/1961	5 Hr 53 M		VENU/ERIS	17 AR 52	2/24/1996	9 Hr 26 M
  MERC/ERIS	0 AR 14	3/6/1926	6 Hr 21 M		VENU/ERIS	9 AR 22	12/2/1961	3 Hr 53 M		MERC/ERIS	18 AR 15	4/2/1996	8 Hr 44 M
  VENU/ERIS	0 AR 58	5/7/1926	12 Hr 51 M		VENU/ERIS	9 AR 57	3/18/1962	18 Hr 35 M		MARS/ERIS	18 AR 25	4/17/1996	11 Hr 35 M
  MARS/ERIS	1 AR 12	6/16/1926	18 Hr 47 M		MERC/ERIS	10 AR 12	4/8/1962	12 Hr 08 M		MERC/ERIS	18 AR 23	3/25/1997	13 Hr 17 M
  VENU/ERIS	0 AR 26	2/26/1927	21 Hr 44 M		MARS/ERIS	10 AR 28	5/3/1962	6 Hr 05 M		VENU/ERIS	18 AR 32	4/7/1997	3 Hr 26 M
  MERC/ERIS	1 AR 03	4/18/1927	7 Hr 49 M		MERC/ERIS	10 AR 21	3/31/1963	8 Hr 24 M		SATU/ERIS	19 AR 12	6/25/1997	9 Hr 28 M
  URAN/ERIS	1 AR 04	4/20/1927	8 Hr 07 M		VENU/ERIS	10 AR 42	5/3/1963	1 Hr 20 M		SATU/ERIS	18 AR 57	9/12/1997	8 Hr 35 M
  JUPI/ERIS	1 AR 29	6/18/1927	12 Hr 06 M		JUPI/ERIS	10 AR 53	5/23/1963	11 Hr 00 M		SATU/ERIS	18 AR 24	3/3/1998	19 Hr 18 M
  JUPI/ERIS	1 AR 08	9/1/1927	18 Hr 50 M		JUPI/ERIS	10 AR 05	11/17/1963	15 Hr 54 M		MERC/ERIS	18 AR 34	3/21/1998	1 Hr 49 M
  URAN/ERIS	0 AR 40	10/15/1927	1 Hr 25 M		JUPI/ERIS	9 AR 56	12/20/1963	11 Hr 26 M		MARS/ERIS	18 AR 39	3/28/1998	23 Hr 37 M
  JUPI/ERIS	0 AR 25	1/25/1928	9 Hr 04 M		VENU/ERIS	10 AR 10	2/19/1964	10 Hr 34 M		MERC/ERIS	18 AR 43	4/3/1998	23 Hr 06 M
  URAN/ERIS	0 AR 25	1/25/1928	20 Hr 09 M		MERC/ERIS	10 AR 30	3/22/1964	5 Hr 52 M		MERC/ERIS	19 AR 04	5/6/1998	7 Hr 09 M
  MERC/ERIS	1 AR 16	4/11/1928	20 Hr 36 M		MARS/ERIS	10 AR 44	4/12/1964	7 Hr 55 M		VENU/ERIS	19 AR 12	5/20/1998	15 Hr 45 M
  VENU/ERIS	1 AR 17	4/12/1928	14 Hr 31 M		MERC/ERIS	10 AR 40	3/15/1965	3 Hr 20 M		VENU/ERIS	18 AR 41	3/9/1999	2 Hr 23 M
  MARS/ERIS	1 AR 38	5/19/1928	1 Hr 26 M		VENU/ERIS	10 AR 53	4/3/1965	4 Hr 06 M		MERC/ERIS	19 AR 16	5/2/1999	11 Hr 18 M
  VENU/ERIS	0 AR 47	3/2/1929	8 Hr 26 M		MARS/ERIS	11 AR 00	3/23/1966	19 Hr 09 M		JUPI/ERIS	19 AR 18	5/5/1999	19 Hr 46 M
  MERC/ERIS	1 AR 28	4/4/1929	16 Hr 38 M		MERC/ERIS	11 AR 24	4/27/1966	15 Hr 42 M		MARS/ERIS	18 AR 55	3/8/2000	2 Hr 11 M
  VENU/ERIS	1 AR 29	3/14/1930	3 Hr 03 M		VENU/ERIS	11 AR 34	5/15/1966	13 Hr 41 M		VENU/ERIS	19 AR 24	4/22/2000	12 Hr 07 M
  MERC/ERIS	1 AR 39	3/27/1930	19 Hr 54 M		VENU/ERIS	11 AR 03	3/4/1967	21 Hr 42 M		MERC/ERIS	19 AR 25	4/24/2000	14 Hr 56 M
  MARS/ERIS	2 AR 00	4/27/1930	7 Hr 34 M		MERC/ERIS	11 AR 35	4/21/1967	21 Hr 51 M		MERC/ERIS	19 AR 34	4/16/2001	18 Hr 12 M
  MERC/ERIS	1 AR 50	3/19/1931	17 Hr 26 M		SATU/ERIS	12 AR 04	7/3/1967	11 Hr 35 M		VENU/ERIS	19 AR 57	5/26/2001	5 Hr 56 M
  VENU/ERIS	2 AR 17	4/28/1931	0 Hr 07 M		SATU/ERIS	11 AR 55	8/19/1967	16 Hr 51 M		MARS/ERIS	19 AR 12	2/14/2002	11 Hr 30 M
  VENU/ERIS	1 AR 43	2/14/1932	3 Hr 18 M		MARS/ERIS	11 AR 17	3/2/1968	22 Hr 44 M		VENU/ERIS	19 AR 32	3/23/2002	19 Hr 09 M
  MERC/ERIS	2 AR 00	3/10/1932	21 Hr 47 M		SATU/ERIS	11 AR 17	3/2/1968	18 Hr 49 M		MERC/ERIS	19 AR 42	4/8/2002	11 Hr 57 M
  MARS/ERIS	2 AR 20	4/6/1932	6 Hr 54 M		MERC/ERIS	11 AR 44	4/13/1968	13 Hr 04 M		MERC/ERIS	19 AR 50	3/31/2003	8 Hr 03 M
  MERC/ERIS	2 AR 13	3/5/1933	5 Hr 03 M		VENU/ERIS	11 AR 48	4/18/1968	11 Hr 46 M		VENU/ERIS	20 AR 15	5/8/2003	9 Hr 47 M
  MERC/ERIS	2 AR 26	3/23/1933	3 Hr 39 M		VENU/ERIS	11 AR 23	2/14/1969	19 Hr 30 M		MARS/ERIS	19 AR 32	1/17/2004	19 Hr 40 M
  VENU/ERIS	2 AR 31	3/29/1933	14 Hr 29 M		MERC/ERIS	11 AR 53	4/5/1969	12 Hr 27 M		VENU/ERIS	19 AR 44	2/25/2004	15 Hr 34 M
  MERC/ERIS	2 AR 46	4/20/1933	15 Hr 16 M		VENU/ERIS	12 AR 04	4/20/1969	23 Hr 01 M		MERC/ERIS	19 AR 59	3/23/2004	8 Hr 24 M
  MARS/ERIS	2 AR 38	3/17/1934	18 Hr 45 M		VENU/ERIS	12 AR 15	5/9/1969	13 Hr 56 M		VENU/ERIS	20 AR 23	4/8/2005	2 Hr 20 M
  MERC/ERIS	3 AR 00	4/17/1934	4 Hr 54 M		VENU/ERIS	11 AR 57	3/19/1970	19 Hr 57 M		MERC/ERIS	20 AR 41	5/6/2005	2 Hr 49 M
  VENU/ERIS	3 AR 14	5/9/1934	8 Hr 49 M		MERC/ERIS	12 AR 02	3/28/1970	7 Hr 18 M		MARS/ERIS	21 AR 06	7/13/2005	15 Hr 02 M
  VENU/ERIS	2 AR 42	2/28/1935	5 Hr 00 M		MARS/ERIS	11 AR 35	9/2/1970	15 Hr 08 M		MERC/ERIS	20 AR 51	4/30/2006	6 Hr 27 M
  MERC/ERIS	3 AR 12	4/10/1935	15 Hr 02 M		MERC/ERIS	12 AR 11	3/20/1971	11 Hr 44 M		VENU/ERIS	21 AR 04	5/21/2006	20 Hr 03 M
  MARS/ERIS	2 AR 57	2/26/1936	0 Hr 30 M		VENU/ERIS	12 AR 41	5/4/1971	4 Hr 31 M		.	.	.	.

  ERIS CONJUNCT MARS AND SATURN

  On March 2, 1968, there was an exact Mars/Saturn/Eris conjunction at 11 Aries 17. If Eris does have a major astrological influence, one would expect some very intense news stories at this time:
  • On March 2, 1968, the men of Company C, 4th Batalion, 9th Infantry "Manchus" walked into what was to become one of the worst single encounter loss of life incidents in the history of the Vietnam war. Their loss occurred during an ambush by a large communist force near the small village of Quoi Xuan.
    
  • Two weeks later, the Mỹ Lai Massacre occurred in Vietnam. This was a massacre by U.S. soldiers of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, mostly women and children. It prompted widespread outrage around the world and reduced public support for the war in the United States.
    
  • Perhaps April 4 is too far to be considered part of this conjunction, but James Earl Ray's shooting of Dr. Martin Luther King may tie in to this aspect. James began plotting his crime some time before, including making arrangements in advance to rent a room where he would get a good shot at Dr. King.
    
  • The Polish 1968 political crisis reached a head in March, and involved a state-organized anti-Semitic campaign in the People's Republic of Poland, under pretense of anti-Zionism, that drove out most of Poland's remaining Jewish population.
  • Recently taking over the reigns of power in Czechoslovakia, Alexander Dubcek set out to reform all aspects of life in the country. The government platform criticized the policies of the past, proclaimed the legitimacy of basic human rights and liberties in Czechoslovakia, and objected to the persecution of people for their political convictions. This led to the people seeking more and more reforms, more freedoms, and came to be known as the "Prague Spring." The Soviet Union, however, saw all this as a threat, and tried to reign in Czechoslovakia and put and end to this break from the party line. When they could not stop what was occurring, they eventually invaded Czechoslovakia to reassert control.

  Also, born on that date is British actor Daniel Craig, who will be the latest James Bond.
  "A commanding, powerful actor. Seen back to back, his film roles show off an extraordinary range, and an exceptional grasp of rawness and complication." Gaby Wood, The Observer

  ERIS CONJUNCT JUPITER AND URANUS

  On January 25, 1928, there was an exact Jupiter/Uranus/Eris conjunction at 0 Aries 25. While there is a Jupiter/Uranus conjunction every 13-14 years, this would have been the first time all three of these bodies were conjunct for many hundreds of years. So whatever Eris represents, it should have been very represented in events around this time period, as well as in the lives of people born during this conjunction.

  Some interesting people were born on or near this date. What we need to do is try to figure out how the Jupiter/Uranus conjunction in their charts was modified (if it was modified) by the added presence of Eris. Here are the people I have found so far born at this time.

  January 23, 1928: Jeanne Moreau. French actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim) and successful recording artist; considered by Orson Welles as "the greatest actress in the world"; a close friend of major literary figures, like Jean Cocteau, Jean Genet, Henry Miller, Anais Nin and Marguerite Duras; became world famous, when she starred in Louis Malle's controversial hit Amants, Les (1958), as a provincial wife who abandons her family for a man she has just met; the film had a lot of censorship problems all over the world because of its erotic scenes and Moreau instantly became an international sex symbol; n 1948, when she was only 20 years old, she became the youngest full-time member in the history of Comédie Française, France's most prestigious theatrical company.
  Quotes: "I am open to what is irrational. I open doors to intuition, because rationality is really death."
  "I am a woman with absolutely no sense of nostalgia"
  "While you work, while you create, you have doubts, and this is essential."

  January 24, 1928: Desmond Morris. English zoologist, ethologist, Surrealist painter, author of many books but the most controversial is probably "The Naked Ape" (n unabashed look at the human species. The book is notable for its focus on humanity's animal-like qualities and our similarity with apes.). Official website: www.desmond-morris.com/
  Quotes: "This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones."
  "There are 193 species of monkeys and apes, 192 of them are covered with hair. The exception is a naked ape self-named Homo sapiens."
  "We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species."

  January 25, 1928: Eduard Shevardnadze. He served under Mikhail Gorbachev as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1990 and was the President of Georgia from 1995 until 23 November 2003, when he resigned in the midst of mounting criticism following disputed parliamentary elections. His political career was filled with contradictions. He was a product of the Soviet system, but played a central role in dismantling that system. He built his reputation on fighting political corruption, but came to be seen as using corrupt methods to shore up his own position. He achieved worldwide renown as possibly the most liberal foreign minister in the history of the Soviet Union, but was never nearly as popular in his own country. He succeeded in maintaining Georgia's territorial integrity in the face of strong separatist pressures, but was unable to restore his government's authority in large areas of the country. He helped to establish a viable civil society in Georgia, but resorted to rigging elections to maintain his powerbase.
  Quotes: "You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains."
  "In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation."
  "To sum up, what has been our policy? We looked for and found friends all throughout the world."

  January 26, 1928: Eartha Kitt . American singer/actress. Perhaps most widely known for playing Catwoman in the old Batman TV show. She was born in the cotton fields of South Carolina, the daughter of a white dirt farmer and a black Cherokee mother. Given away by her mother, she arrived in Harlem at age nine, and at 15 she quit high school to work in a Brooklyn factory. As a teenager, Kitt lived in friends' homes and in the subways. By the 1950s, however, she had sung and danced her way out of poverty and into the spotlight. Orson Welles called her "the most exciting girl in the world". She was virtually exiled from the United States after making anti-war statements during a White House luncheon in 1968. The statements were so negative that Lady Bird Johnson began to weep uncontrollably.
  Quotes: The White House, 1968: "I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut. I have a baby and then you send him off to war. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot."
  "I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma."
  "My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions."

  Roger Vadim. French director of such movies as "And God Created Women" and "Barbarella". He tantalized audiences of the 1950s and 60s with some of the raciest films of the time. An auteur with an eye for sensuality, Vadim pushed the bounds of eroticism and used his movies to showcase some of the era's most striking starlets. In his own life, he was known for seducing, marrying or simply establishing the careers of his gorgeous leading ladies. In fact, one of his autobiographies is entitled "Bardot, Denueve, Fonda: My Life with the Three Most Beautiful Women in the World."
  Quotes: "The only thing I love in love is all the feelings, the imaginations, the orgasms of the woman. For this reason I'm not a good libertine."
  "You wouldn't ask Rodin to make an ugly sculpture, or me to make a film with an ugly woman."
  Talking about Brigette Bardot in "And God Created Women", and the scene of her dancing barefoot on a table (which remains one of the most erotic scenes in French cinema), "There was really nothing shocking in what Brigitte did, what was provocative was her natural sensuality."

  Gene Snyder, US House of Representative representing Kentucky (1963-65, and 1967-87).. He was not only a politician and graduate of law school, but also engaged in farming, real estate, insurance, and the residential construction business.

  Philip Jose Farmer. American science fiction novelist, is noteworthy for his Riverworld saga (in which dead notables like Mark Twain and British explorer Sir Robert Burton all pop back into existence in a strange land laid out along seemingly endless river), and his copious infusions of sexuality into a previously chaste genre. Farmer has authored roughly seventy-five books. His short piece entitled "Night of Light" sparked Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze". Phillip Jose Farmer is also noted for his fascination with trickster characters and his penchant for sly literary references and allusions. He has been described by some as the most anarchist of science fiction writers.
  Quotes: "Human beings are part of nature. Anything they do is natural. It's impossible for anything in nature to do anything unnatural."
  "If they give you lined paper, write the other way"

  January 27, 1928: Jean-Michel Damase. French composer, musician, music teacher and prodigy (began composing at age 9). chezdamase.tripod.com/biography.htm

  Let me know if you see any common threads. For example, Desmond Morris is, among other things, a noted Surrealist Painter, while Philip Jose Farmer creates a fictional world filled with real life historical figures, but in a very surreal setting, and Jeanne Moreau is a very big fan of 'irrationality'.
  Another example...most of these people seem to be talented in many different fields, rather than only one main focus.

  Check out these pages for more insight into Eris:

  Nick Anthony Firenza's Eris page

  Richard Brown's Eris page

  
  Jumping Spider, species ERIS

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  While the above may not be the Tenth Planet astrologers have been seeking for years, it is still an important astrological tool. And there are many other new tools in the astrology toolbox, as well. Here is a taste of the major new bodies out past Pluto. The next two are Dwarf Planets, like Eris:

  HAUMEA
  136108 (2003 EL61)

  Haumea was discovered December 28, 2004 by a team led by Michael Brown.

  On September 17, 2008,it was officially classified as a dwarf planet, and named Haumea after the Hawaiian goddess of fertility and childbirth. According to most accounts, she mated with the god Kane Milohai and gave birth to many children, including Hawaii's most famous goddess, Pele. Thus, she is often referred to as the mother of the Hawaiian people as well as the Great Earth Mother, and was the patron goddess of that island. Here is a page dedicated to the Hawaiin goddess: Haumea the Earth Mother. She has two moons, named after two of Haumea's daughters, Hi'iaka and Namaka.

  

  Michael Brown has a blog about Haumea's discovery and naming: Haumea blog

  (Interestingly, it had at first been given the nickname "Santa" because it was discovered just after Christmas.)

  Her orbit is 285 years, which is only a little more than that of Pluto, her eccentricity is 0.188 and her inclination is 28.19. It's discovery position is 12 Libra 27.

  Just what will Haumean tell us, astrologically? Obviously, we need to do a lot of research before we can answer that, but a good place to start might be its conjunctions with major planets.

  On June 18, 1903, Haumean was exactly conjunct Neptune at 3 Cancer 08. How did this aspect manifest in the lives of these totally unrelated individuals all born around that date: Jeanette MacDonald, Lou Gehrig, Al Hirschfield and John Dillinger.

  The mid-Fifties saw a 3-time Haumean/Pluto conjunction. The dates were September 30, 1954, 25 Leo 59; Feb 19 1955, 25 Leo 28 R; and July 1, 1955, 25 Leo 00.

  I know that the USS Nautilus was comissioned. This submarine was the first atomic powered vessel. Also during this period, the Viet Minh took over North Viet Nam, setting the stage for the war to come, President Eisenhower sends the first 'advisors' to South Viet Nam, and the US 7th Fleet helps the Nationalists evacuate Mainland China and go to Taiwan.

  What do these individuals have in common, born near these dates? Musician Stevie Ray Vaughan, Reverend Al Sharpton, actor Scott Bakula.

  On September 25, 1962, Uranus and Haumea met at 2 Virgo 49.

  A border conflict between India and China broke out which led to the Sino-Indian War, and civil war broke out in Yemen. The Environmentalist Movement arose in great part because of the book Rachel Carson published at this time, "Silent Spring". And James Meredith, the first black student to register at the Univ of Mississippi accompanied by Federal Marshals. (Oh, and the Beatles released their first single, "Love Me Do".)

  Check out these pages for more insight into Haumea:

  Nick Anthony Firenza's Haumea page

  Richard Brown's Haumea page

  Here is an ephemeris for Haumea for 1900-2009. Positions are once a year, set for 0 hr UT:

  Jan 1 1900	28°Ge32' R
  Jan 1 1901	29°Ge54'
  Jan 1 1902	01°Cn15'
  Jan 1 1903	02°Cn34'
  Jan 1 1904	03°Cn53'
  Jan 1 1905	05°Cn09'
  Jan 1 1906	06°Cn26'
  Jan 1 1907	07°Cn42'
  Jan 1 1908	08°Cn57'
  Jan 1 1909	10°Cn09'
  Jan 1 1910	11°Cn22'
  Jan 1 1911	12°Cn34'
  Jan 1 1912	13°Cn45'
  Jan 1 1913	14°Cn54'
  Jan 1 1914	16°Cn03'
  Jan 1 1915	17°Cn12'
  Jan 1 1916	18°Cn19'
  Jan 1 1917	19°Cn25'
  Jan 1 1918	20°Cn32'
  Jan 1 1919	21°Cn38'
  Jan 1 1920	22°Cn43'
  Jan 1 1921	23°Cn46'
  Jan 1 1922	24°Cn50'
  Jan 1 1923	25°Cn53'
  Jan 1 1924	26°Cn56'
  Jan 1 1925	27°Cn57'
  Jan 1 1926	28°Cn58'
  Jan 1 1927	29°Cn59'
  Jan 1 1928	00°Le59'
  Jan 1 1929	01°Le59'
  Jan 1 1930	02°Le59'
  Jan 1 1931	03°Le58'
  Jan 1 1932	04°Le57'
  Jan 1 1933	05°Le55'
  Jan 1 1934	06°Le54'
  Jan 1 1935	07°Le52'
  Jan 1 1936	08°Le49'
  Jan 1 1937	09°Le45'
  Jan 1 1938	10°Le42'
  Jan 1 1939	11°Le39'
  Jan 1 1940	12°Le35'
  Jan 1 1941	13°Le30'
  Jan 1 1942	14°Le26'
  Jan 1 1943	15°Le22'
  Jan 1 1944	16°Le17'
  Jan 1 1945	17°Le12'
  Jan 1 1946	18°Le07'
  Jan 1 1947	19°Le03'
  Jan 1 1948	19°Le57'
  Jan 1 1949	20°Le51'
  Jan 1 1950	21°Le46'
  Jan 1 1951	22°Le40'
  Jan 1 1952	23°Le35'
  Jan 1 1953	24°Le28'
  Jan 1 1954	25°Le22'
  Jan 1 1955	26°Le17'
  Jan 1 1956	27°Le11'
  Jan 1 1957	28°Le04'
  Jan 1 1958	28°Le58'
  Jan 1 1959	29°Le52'
  Jan 1 1960	00°Vi46'
  Jan 1 1961	01°Vi39'
  Jan 1 1962	02°Vi32'
  Jan 1 1963	03°Vi26'
  Jan 1 1964	04°Vi19'
  Jan 1 1965	05°Vi13'
  Jan 1 1966	06°Vi06'
  Jan 1 1967	07°Vi00'
  Jan 1 1968	07°Vi55'
  Jan 1 1969	08°Vi48'
  Jan 1 1970	09°Vi42'
  Jan 1 1971	10°Vi37'
  Jan 1 1972	11°Vi31'
  Jan 1 1973	12°Vi25'
  Jan 1 1974	13°Vi19'
  Jan 1 1975	14°Vi13'
  Jan 1 1976	15°Vi07'
  Jan 1 1977	16°Vi01'
  Jan 1 1978	16°Vi56'
  Jan 1 1979	17°Vi51'
  Jan 1 1980	18°Vi45'
  Jan 1 1981	19°Vi40'
  Jan 1 1982	20°Vi36'
  Jan 1 1983	21°Vi31'
  Jan 1 1984	22°Vi26'
  Jan 1 1985	23°Vi22'
  Jan 1 1986	24°Vi17'
  Jan 1 1987	25°Vi13'
  Jan 1 1988	26°Vi09'
  Jan 1 1989	27°Vi05'
  Jan 1 1990	28°Vi01'
  Jan 1 1991	28°Vi58'
  Jan 1 1992	29°Vi55'
  Jan 1 1993	00°Li52'
  Jan 1 1994	01°Li49'
  Jan 1 1995	02°Li46' D
  Jan 1 1996	03°Li43'
  Jan 1 1997	04°Li41'
  Jan 1 1998	05°Li38'
  Jan 1 1999	06°Li36'
  Jan 1 2000	07°Li34'
  Jan 1 2001	08°Li32'
  Jan 1 2002	09°Li31'
  Jan 1 2003	10°Li29'
  Jan 1 2004	11°Li29'
  Jan 1 2005	12°Li28'
  Jan 1 2006	13°Li28'
  Jan 1 2007	14°Li28'
  Jan 1 2008	15°Li28'
  Jan 1 2009	16°Li28'

  MAKEMAKE
  136472 (2005 FY9)

  Makemake is the third-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System. It was discovered on March 31, 2005 by a team led by Michael Brown. In July 2008, it was officially classified as a Plutoid, which is a sub class of Dwarf Planets which have orits beyond Neptune, joining Pluto and Eris.

  Prior to its official naming, it had been lovingly nicknamed "Easterbunny", since it was found right before Easter. In officially naming it Makemake, the astronomers were kind of paying homage to the earlier nickname, because Makemake was the creator of humanity in the myths of the native people of Easter Island.

  Michael Brown has a blog about the discovery and naming of Makemake: What's In A Name

  Its orbital period is 310 years (compared to Pluto's 248 years). The eccentricity is 0.159, and the inclination is 28.96. It's discovery position is 20 Virgo 16 R

  The above symbol was based on traditional petroglyphs of the face of Makemake, and was designed by Denis Moskowitz in collaboration with John T Whelan.

  It is of course too early to define Makemake's astrological meanings, but a good place to start would be studying major aspects it has made.

  On July 1, 1955, Makemake was exactly conjunct Uranus at 26 Cancer 46, so events near that date should be colored by this aspect, and it should have some influence over people born around this time. How does it manifest in the lives of actress Isabelle Adjani, Novelist Lisa Scottoline, or actor Jimmy Smits, all born close to this date? And does Disneyland in any way reflect Makemake conjunct Uranus, since it officially opened very close to this aspect?

  Check out these pages for more insight into Makemake:

  Nick Anthony Firenza's Makemake page

  Richard Brown's Makemake page

  Here is an ephemeris for Makemake for 1900-2009. Positions are once a year, set for 0 hr UT:

  Jan 1 1900	17°Ta42' R
  Jan 1 1901	19°Ta13'
  Jan 1 1902	20°Ta43'
  Jan 1 1903	22°Ta12'
  Jan 1 1904	23°Ta41'
  Jan 1 1905	25°Ta08'
  Jan 1 1906	26°Ta35'
  Jan 1 1907	28°Ta01'
  Jan 1 1908	29°Ta27'
  Jan 1 1909	00°Ge51'
  Jan 1 1910	02°Ge15'
  Jan 1 1911	03°Ge38'
  Jan 1 1912	05°Ge00'
  Jan 1 1913	06°Ge21'
  Jan 1 1914	07°Ge42'
  Jan 1 1915	09°Ge02'
  Jan 1 1916	10°Ge22'
  Jan 1 1917	11°Ge40'
  Jan 1 1918	12°Ge59'
  Jan 1 1919	14°Ge17'
  Jan 1 1920	15°Ge35'
  Jan 1 1921	16°Ge51'
  Jan 1 1922	18°Ge07'
  Jan 1 1923	19°Ge23'
  Jan 1 1924	20°Ge38'
  Jan 1 1925	21°Ge52'
  Jan 1 1926	23°Ge06'
  Jan 1 1927	24°Ge20'
  Jan 1 1928	25°Ge34'
  Jan 1 1929	26°Ge46'
  Jan 1 1930	27°Ge59'
  Jan 1 1931	29°Ge12'
  Jan 1 1932	00°Cn25'
  Jan 1 1933	01°Cn36'
  Jan 1 1934	02°Cn48'
  Jan 1 1935	03°Cn59'
  Jan 1 1936	05°Cn10'
  Jan 1 1937	06°Cn20'
  Jan 1 1938	07°Cn30'
  Jan 1 1939	08°Cn40'
  Jan 1 1940	09°Cn51'
  Jan 1 1941	10°Cn59'
  Jan 1 1942	12°Cn09'
  Jan 1 1943	13°Cn19'
  Jan 1 1944	14°Cn29'
  Jan 1 1945	15°Cn37'
  Jan 1 1946	16°Cn46'
  Jan 1 1947	17°Cn55'
  Jan 1 1948	19°Cn04'
  Jan 1 1949	20°Cn12'
  Jan 1 1950	21°Cn20'
  Jan 1 1951	22°Cn29'
  Jan 1 1952	23°Cn37'
  Jan 1 1953	24°Cn44'
  Jan 1 1954	25°Cn53'
  Jan 1 1955	27°Cn01'
  Jan 1 1956	28°Cn09'
  Jan 1 1957	29°Cn16'
  Jan 1 1958	00°Le23'
  Jan 1 1959	01°Le31'
  Jan 1 1960	02°Le38'
  Jan 1 1961	03°Le45'
  Jan 1 1962	04°Le52'
  Jan 1 1963	05°Le59'
  Jan 1 1964	07°Le06'
  Jan 1 1965	08°Le12'
  Jan 1 1966	09°Le19'
  Jan 1 1967	10°Le27'
  Jan 1 1968	11°Le34'
  Jan 1 1969	12°Le40'
  Jan 1 1970	13°Le47'
  Jan 1 1971	14°Le54'
  Jan 1 1972	16°Le01'
  Jan 1 1973	17°Le07'
  Jan 1 1974	18°Le13'
  Jan 1 1975	19°Le20'
  Jan 1 1976	20°Le26'
  Jan 1 1977	21°Le31'
  Jan 1 1978	22°Le38'
  Jan 1 1979	23°Le44'
  Jan 1 1980	24°Le50'
  Jan 1 1981	25°Le56'
  Jan 1 1982	27°Le02'
  Jan 1 1983	28°Le07'
  Jan 1 1984	29°Le13'
  Jan 1 1985	00°Vi18'
  Jan 1 1986	01°Vi23'
  Jan 1 1987	02°Vi28'
  Jan 1 1988	03°Vi34'
  Jan 1 1989	04°Vi38'
  Jan 1 1990	05°Vi43'
  Jan 1 1991	06°Vi48'
  Jan 1 1992	07°Vi53'
  Jan 1 1993	08°Vi57'
  Jan 1 1994	10°Vi02'
  Jan 1 1995	11°Vi06'
  Jan 1 1996	12°Vi10'
  Jan 1 1997	13°Vi13'
  Jan 1 1998	14°Vi17'
  Jan 1 1999	15°Vi20'
  Jan 1 2000	16°Vi23'
  Jan 1 2001	17°Vi26'
  Jan 1 2002	18°Vi29'
  Jan 1 2003	19°Vi32'
  Jan 1 2004	20°Vi35'
  Jan 1 2005	21°Vi38'
  Jan 1 2006	22°Vi40'
  Jan 1 2007	23°Vi43'
  Jan 1 2008	24°Vi45'
  Jan 1 2009	25°Vi46'

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  PLUTINOS

  The named Plutino's, so far, include Ixion (discussed elsewhere on this site), Rhadamanthus and Huya. Orcus may also be a Plutino, so for now we will include it here as well. What exactly is a Plutino?

  First, let's mention what it isn't. Pluto is not a Plutino according to David Jewitt, the astronomer who coined the term. "Plutino" means "little Pluto", and since Pluto is a standard-sized Pluto, it couldn't be a "little Pluto."

  A reasonable definition of plutino is "a minor planet in 3:2 resonance with Neptune".

  Rhadamanthus

  Designated 1999 HX11, this body was discovered April 18, 1999, and has an orbit of 295.5395 years. (Let's say 295-1/2 years for convenience.)

  In mythology, he was the brother of Minos (King of Crete), son of Jupiter and Europa. However, he was raised by Asterion, not Jupiter. Minos became extremely jealous of his brother's popularity, and drove him out of Crete, so Rhadamanthus fled to Boeotia where he married Alcmene. (Homer represents him as dwelling in the Elysian fields.)

  On account of his inflexible integrity he was made one of the judges of the dead in the lower world, together with Aeacus and Minos. He was supposed to judge the souls of Asians, Aeacus those of Europeans, while Minos had the deciding vote. Rhadamanthus would decide upon cruel punishments for sinners; first, rebuking them, then trying their case, finally forcing them to confess.

  Dante makes Rhadamanthus one of the judges of the damned in the Inferno section of Divine Comedy. "Rhadamanthine" has since come to describe any just but inflexible judgment.

  Mark Andrew Holmes designed the symbol for Rhadamanthus, and has written about it at markandrewholmes.com/rhadamanthus.html

  When Rhadamanthus was discovered, it was at 1 Libra 48 R.

  Here is an ephemeris for 2008-2010, every 10 days, at 0 hrs UT:

  					
  DATE	       …	LONG	      ….	LAT
  Jan 1 2008		16°Li26'57''		-01°06'29''
  Jan 11 2008		16°Li29'42''		-01°07'18''
  Jan 21 2008		16°Li29'48'' R		-01°08'06''
  Jan 31 2008		16°Li27'18''		-01°08'54''
  Feb 10 2008		16°Li22'20''		-01°09'41''
  Feb 20 2008		16°Li15'07''		-01°10'27''
  Mar 1 2008		16°Li05'56''		-01°11'11''
  Mar 11 2008		15°Li55'08''		-01°11'52''
  Mar 21 2008		15°Li43'11''		-01°12'30''
  Mar 31 2008		15°Li30'30''		-01°13'06''
  Apr 10 2008		15°Li17'34''		-01°13'37''
  Apr 20 2008		15°Li04'53''		-01°14'06''
  Apr 30 2008		14°Li52'54''		-01°14'31''
  May 10 2008		14°Li42'03''		-01°14'52''
  May 20 2008		14°Li32'43''		-01°15'11''
  May 30 2008		14°Li25'13''		-01°15'27''
  Jun 9 2008		14°Li19'50''		-01°15'42''
  Jun 19 2008		14°Li16'43''		-01°15'54''
  Jun 29 2008		14°Li16'01'' D		-01°16'06''
  Jul 9 2008		14°Li17'47''		-01°16'17''
  Jul 19 2008		14°Li21'59''		-01°16'29''
  Jul 29 2008		14°Li28'33''		-01°16'40''
  Aug 8 2008		14°Li37'20''		-01°16'53''
  Aug 18 2008		14°Li48'09''		-01°17'08''
  Aug 28 2008		15°Li00'45''		-01°17'24''
  Sep 7 2008		15°Li14'52''		-01°17'43''
  Sep 17 2008		15°Li30'10''		-01°18'05''
  Sep 27 2008		15°Li46'20''		-01°18'29''
  Oct 7 2008		16°Li02'58''		-01°18'57''
  Oct 17 2008		16°Li19'40''		-01°19'28''
  Oct 27 2008		16°Li36'05''		-01°20'02''
  Nov 6 2008		16°Li51'48''		-01°20'40''
  Nov 16 2008		17°Li06'25''		-01°21'21''
  Nov 26 2008		17°Li19'35''		-01°22'05''
  Dec 6 2008		17°Li30'57''		-01°22'51''
  Dec 16 2008		17°Li40'14''		-01°23'40''
  Dec 26 2008		17°Li47'11''		-01°24'31''
  Jan 5 2009		17°Li51'37''		-01°25'24''
  Jan 15 2009		17°Li53'28''		-01°26'17''
  Jan 25 2009		17°Li52'41'' R		-01°27'10''
  Feb 4 2009		17°Li49'19''		-01°28'02''
  Feb 14 2009		17°Li43'35''		-01°28'53''
  Feb 24 2009		17°Li35'42''		-01°29'41''
  Mar 6 2009		17°Li25'57''		-01°30'27''
  Mar 16 2009		17°Li14'45''		-01°31'09''
  Mar 26 2009		17°Li02'32''		-01°31'47''
  Apr 5 2009		16°Li49'46''		-01°32'22''
  Apr 15 2009		16°Li36'54''		-01°32'52''
  Apr 25 2009		16°Li24'26''		-01°33'18''
  May 5 2009		16°Li12'49''		-01°33'39''
  May 15 2009		16°Li02'28''		-01°33'57''
  May 25 2009		15°Li53'44''		-01°34'12''
  Jun 4 2009		15°Li46'55''		-01°34'23''
  Jun 14 2009		15°Li42'17''		-01°34'32''
  Jun 24 2009		15°Li39'57''		-01°34'40''
  Jul 4 2009		15°Li40'04'' D		-01°34'46''
  Jul 14 2009		15°Li42'37''		-01°34'52''
  Jul 24 2009		15°Li47'35''		-01°34'59''
  Aug 3 2009		15°Li54'53''		-01°35'07''
  Aug 13 2009		16°Li04'18''		-01°35'16''
  Aug 23 2009		16°Li15'42''		-01°35'27''
  Sep 2 2009		16°Li28'48''		-01°35'41''
  Sep 12 2009		16°Li43'17''		-01°35'58''
  Sep 22 2009		16°Li58'51''		-01°36'19''
  Oct 2 2009		17°Li15'09''		-01°36'43''
  Oct 12 2009		17°Li31'47''		-01°37'11''
  Oct 22 2009		17°Li48'23''		-01°37'43''
  Nov 1 2009		18°Li04'32''		-01°38'20''
  Nov 11 2009		18°Li19'52''		-01°39'00''
  Nov 21 2009		18°Li33'59''		-01°39'45''
  Dec 1 2009		18°Li46'30''		-01°40'33''
  Dec 11 2009		18°Li57'09''		-01°41'24''
  Dec 21 2009		19°Li05'38''		-01°42'17''
  Dec 31 2009		19°Li11'43''		-01°43'13''
  Jan 10 2010		19°Li15'16''		-01°44'10''
  Jan 20 2010		19°Li16'12'' R		-01°45'08''
  Jan 30 2010		19°Li14'32''		-01°46'05''
  Feb 9 2010		19°Li10'21''		-01°47'00''
  Feb 19 2010		19°Li03'52''		-01°47'54''
  Mar 1 2010		18°Li55'20''		-01°48'45''
  Mar 11 2010		18°Li45'05''		-01°49'32''
  Mar 21 2010		18°Li33'31''		-01°50'15''
  Mar 31 2010		18°Li21'06''		-01°50'53''
  Apr 10 2010		18°Li08'18''		-01°51'25''
  Apr 20 2010		17°Li55'33''		-01°51'53''
  Apr 30 2010		17°Li43'22''		-01°52'16''
  May 10 2010		17°Li32'10''		-01°52'34''
  May 20 2010		17°Li22'20''		-01°52'47''
  May 30 2010		17°Li14'14''		-01°52'57''
  Jun 9 2010		17°Li08'08''		-01°53'04''
  Jun 19 2010		17°Li04'15''		-01°53'08''
  Jun 29 2010		17°Li02'44''		-01°53'10''
  Jul 9 2010		17°Li03'38'' D		-01°53'11''
  Jul 19 2010		17°Li06'59''		-01°53'13''
  Jul 29 2010		17°Li12'43''		-01°53'15''
  Aug 8 2010		17°Li20'41''		-01°53'18''
  Aug 18 2010		17°Li30'46''		-01°53'24''
  Aug 28 2010		17°Li42'42''		-01°53'33''
  Sep 7 2010		17°Li56'14''		-01°53'45''
  Sep 17 2010		18°Li11'05''		-01°54'00''
  Sep 27 2010		18°Li26'51''		-01°54'20''
  Oct 7 2010		18°Li43'15''		-01°54'45''
  Oct 17 2010		18°Li59'52''		-01°55'14''
  Oct 27 2010		19°Li16'17''		-01°55'49''
  Nov 6 2010		19°Li32'09''		-01°56'28''
  Nov 16 2010		19°Li47'03''		-01°57'11''
  Nov 26 2010		20°Li00'37''		-01°57'59''
  Dec 6 2010		20°Li12'30''		-01°58'51''
  Dec 16 2010		20°Li22'24''		-01°59'47''
  Dec 26 2010		20°Li30'03''		-02°00'45''
  

  Huya

  .

  Minor planet 38628 has been given the name Huya (Spanish: Juyá, pronounced "hoo YAH") is the name of the rain god of the Wayuu Indians of Venezuela and Colombia.

  Provisionally called 2000 EB173, it was discovered March 10, 2000 by Ignacio Ferrin, and has an orbit of 250.3576 years (let's call it 250-1/3 years for convenience.) It gets as close as 28.5591 AU to the Sun at perihelion, while its aphelion reaches 50.8856 AU.

  At discovery, it was located at 18 Libra 39 R.

  Sandy Turnbull has designed the symbol for Huya that is on the left, writing that it is "A modification of the meterological symbol for rain showers utilizing the symbols for the element water and a variation of Pluto to indicate its orbit."

  Mark Andrew Holmes has designed the Huya symbol that is on the right, and has written a bit about it at markandrewholmes.com/huya.html

  Here is an ephemeris for 2008-2010, every 10 days, at 0 hrs UT:

  					
  DATE	       …	LONG	      ….	LAT
  Jan 1 2008		09°Sc09'10''		+11°25'59''
  Jan 11 2008		09°Sc22'09''		+11°30'25''
  Jan 21 2008		09°Sc31'46''		+11°35'09''
  Jan 31 2008		09°Sc37'51''		+11°40'03''
  Feb 10 2008		09°Sc40'17''		+11°45'00''
  Feb 20 2008		09°Sc39'04'' R		+11°49'52''
  Mar 1 2008		09°Sc34'20''		+11°54'31''
  Mar 11 2008		09°Sc26'21''		+11°58'50''
  Mar 21 2008		09°Sc15'27''		+12°02'40''
  Mar 31 2008		09°Sc02'09''		+12°05'57''
  Apr 10 2008		08°Sc46'57''		+12°08'33''
  Apr 20 2008		08°Sc30'32''		+12°10'26''
  Apr 30 2008		08°Sc13'33''		+12°11'32''
  May 10 2008		07°Sc56'39''		+12°11'53''
  May 20 2008		07°Sc40'32''		+12°11'27''
  May 30 2008		07°Sc25'49''		+12°10'20''
  Jun 9 2008		07°Sc13'03''		+12°08'34''
  Jun 19 2008		07°Sc02'45''		+12°06'15''
  Jun 29 2008		06°Sc55'17''		+12°03'30''
  Jul 9 2008		06°Sc50'59''		+12°00'25''
  Jul 19 2008		06°Sc50'01'' D		+11°57'07''
  Jul 29 2008		06°Sc52'29''		+11°53'44''
  Aug 8 2008		06°Sc58'24''		+11°50'22''
  Aug 18 2008		07°Sc07'40''		+11°47'09''
  Aug 28 2008		07°Sc20'07''		+11°44'11''
  Sep 7 2008		07°Sc35'31''		+11°41'32''
  Sep 17 2008		07°Sc53'31''		+11°39'19''
  Sep 27 2008		08°Sc13'47''		+11°37'35''
  Oct 7 2008		08°Sc35'52''		+11°36'24''
  Oct 17 2008		08°Sc59'18''		+11°35'50''
  Oct 27 2008		09°Sc23'36''		+11°35'53''
  Nov 6 2008		09°Sc48'14''		+11°36'36''
  Nov 16 2008		10°Sc12'39''		+11°37'59''
  Nov 26 2008		10°Sc36'18''		+11°40'01''
  Dec 6 2008		10°Sc58'39''		+11°42'41''
  Dec 16 2008		11°Sc19'11''		+11°45'56''
  Dec 26 2008		11°Sc37'24''		+11°49'44''
  Jan 5 2009		11°Sc52'52''		+11°54'00''
  Jan 15 2009		12°Sc05'14''		+11°58'38''
  Jan 25 2009		12°Sc14'12''		+12°03'32''
  Feb 4 2009		12°Sc19'33''		+12°08'36''
  Feb 14 2009		12°Sc21'15'' R		+12°13'41''
  Feb 24 2009		12°Sc19'19''		+12°18'39''
  Mar 6 2009		12°Sc13'52''		+12°23'21''
  Mar 16 2009		12°Sc05'14''		+12°27'41''
  Mar 26 2009		11°Sc53'47''		+12°31'30''
  Apr 5 2009		11°Sc40'00''		+12°34'42''
  Apr 15 2009		11°Sc24'28''		+12°37'11''
  Apr 25 2009		11°Sc07'49''		+12°38'55''
  May 5 2009		10°Sc50'45''		+12°39'50''
  May 15 2009		10°Sc33'55''		+12°39'58''
  May 25 2009		10°Sc17'58''		+12°39'18''
  Jun 4 2009		10°Sc03'33''		+12°37'55''
  Jun 14 2009		09°Sc51'14''		+12°35'54''
  Jun 24 2009		09°Sc41'26''		+12°33'19''
  Jul 4 2009		09°Sc34'34''		+12°30'18''
  Jul 14 2009		09°Sc30'54''		+12°26'58''
  Jul 24 2009		09°Sc30'38'' D		+12°23'27''
  Aug 3 2009		09°Sc33'50''		+12°19'51''
  Aug 13 2009		09°Sc40'28''		+12°16'19''
  Aug 23 2009		09°Sc50'28''		+12°12'56''
  Sep 2 2009		10°Sc03'38''		+12°09'50''
  Sep 12 2009		10°Sc19'39''		+12°07'06''
  Sep 22 2009		10°Sc38'16''		+12°04'50''
  Oct 2 2009		10°Sc59'03''		+12°03'05''
  Oct 12 2009		11°Sc21'34''		+12°01'55''
  Oct 22 2009		11°Sc45'22''		+12°01'22''
  Nov 1 2009		12°Sc09'54''		+12°01'31''
  Nov 11 2009		12°Sc34'40''		+12°02'20''
  Nov 21 2009		12°Sc59'06''		+12°03'50''
  Dec 1 2009		13°Sc22'38''		+12°06'02''
  Dec 11 2009		13°Sc44'46''		+12°08'52''
  Dec 21 2009		14°Sc04'58''		+12°12'18''
  Dec 31 2009		14°Sc22'44''		+12°16'17''
  Jan 10 2010		14°Sc37'40''		+12°20'44''
  Jan 20 2010		14°Sc49'25''		+12°25'33''
  Jan 30 2010		14°Sc57'42''		+12°30'37''
  Feb 9 2010		15°Sc02'21''		+12°35'49''
  Feb 19 2010		15°Sc03'18'' R		+12°41'00''
  Mar 1 2010		15°Sc00'37''		+12°46'03''
  Mar 11 2010		14°Sc54'31''		+12°50'48''
  Mar 21 2010		14°Sc45'14''		+12°55'07''
  Mar 31 2010		14°Sc33'14''		+12°58'53''
  Apr 10 2010		14°Sc19'02''		+13°02'00''
  Apr 20 2010		14°Sc03'10''		+13°04'21''
  Apr 30 2010		13°Sc46'21''		+13°05'54''
  May 10 2010		13°Sc29'13''		+13°06'38''
  May 20 2010		13°Sc12'27''		+13°06'31''
  May 30 2010		12°Sc56'44''		+13°05'37''
  Jun 9 2010		12°Sc42'39''		+13°03'59''
  Jun 19 2010		12°Sc30'45''		+13°01'41''
  Jun 29 2010		12°Sc21'30''		+12°58'51''
  Jul 9 2010		12°Sc15'14''		+12°55'35''
  Jul 19 2010		12°Sc12'14''		+12°52'01''
  Jul 29 2010		12°Sc12'40'' D		+12°48'16''
  Aug 8 2010		12°Sc16'35''		+12°44'29''
  Aug 18 2010		12°Sc23'57''		+12°40'46''
  Aug 28 2010		12°Sc34'38''		+12°37'15''
  Sep 7 2010		12°Sc48'28''		+12°34'02''
  Sep 17 2010		13°Sc05'08''		+12°31'14''
  Sep 27 2010		13°Sc24'18''		+12°28'54''
  Oct 7 2010		13°Sc45'35''		+12°27'08''
  Oct 17 2010		14°Sc08'32''		+12°26'00''
  Oct 27 2010		14°Sc32'37''		+12°25'31''
  Nov 6 2010		14°Sc57'23''		+12°25'44''
  Nov 16 2010		15°Sc22'14''		+12°26'40''
  Nov 26 2010		15°Sc46'39''		+12°28'19''
  Dec 6 2010		16°Sc10'04''		+12°30'39''
  Dec 16 2010		16°Sc31'56''		+12°33'39''
  Dec 26 2010		16°Sc51'45''		+12°37'17''
  

  Orcus

  . D

  Orcus, minor planet #90482, is pretty big. With a diameter of 995 miles, it's 1-1/2 times the size of Ixion. It, too, was discovered by a team of astrologers including M. Brown, C. Trujillo and D. Rabinowitz, on February 17, 2004. At that time it was provisionally called 2004 DW. The official announcement to the world occurred November 22, 2004.

  It appears to travel an elliptical orbit around the Sun, bringing it as close as 2.7 billion miles from the Sun and sending it as far out as 4.7 billion miles from the Sun.

  One Orcus orbit is 247.94 years.

  Since it shares a similar size and orbit to that of Pluto, it was decided that it, too must be named after a deity of the underworld. In accordance with IAU rules, the discoverers' suggested name of Orcus was approved and published November 22, 2004.

  In Roman mythology, Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths, more equivalent to Pluto than to the Greek Hades. The origins of Orcus may have lain in Etruscan religion. Orcus was a name used by Roman writers to identify a Gaulish god of the underworld.

  In modern day mythology, it is a popular name for providing an instant "demonic" atmosphere. This is in good part because Orcus' name is the origin of the words "orca" and "orc"; the latter popularized by J.R.R. Tolkien in his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The former designates not only the killer whale but also a monster in Ariosto's Orlando furioso.

  Orcus also appears as the Lord of Demons in Fred Saberhagen's Empire of the East series (the precursor to his more popular Book of Swords/Book of Lost Swords series), in which magic has replaced technology as the dominant force in the world, and what technology remains has often been transformed into something more than it once was.

  In Dungeons & Dragons, Orcus is a demon prince, and lord of the undead. Killed after a string of successful wars with Graz'zt and Demogorgon, he was restored as the undead demon Teneborous by Quah-Nomag the Skull King, one of his most devout followers. Rising against his murderers, Orcus reclaimed his layer of Hell Thanatos and his original name, proclaiming himself 'Prince of the Undead'. In this context, he typically is shown as having the head and legs of a ram, a bloated body, bat-like wings and a long tail.

  When Orcus was discovered, it was at 24 Leo 53 R.
  The announcement to the world was made when it was at 26 Leo 58.

  Sandy Turnbull designed the Orcus symbol that is on the left. She writes, "Derived from a little-used glyph for Pluto to represent the staff of Orcus, Prince of the Underworld.

  Check out these other pages for more insight into Orcus:

  Nick Anthony Firenza's Orcus page

  Richard Brown's Orcus: The Other God of the Underworld

  Here is an ephemeris for 2008-2010, every 10 days, at 0 hrs UT:

  					
  DATE	       …	LONG	      ….	LAT
  Jan 1 2008		29°Le49'13'' R		-18°16'10''
  Jan 11 2008		29°Le41'26''		-18°19'16''
  Jan 21 2008		29°Le32'05''		-18°21'50''
  Jan 31 2008		29°Le21'33''		-18°23'48''
  Feb 10 2008		29°Le10'13''		-18°25'05''
  Feb 20 2008		28°Le58'30''		-18°25'40''
  Mar 1 2008		28°Le46'51''		-18°25'32''
  Mar 11 2008		28°Le35'40''		-18°24'43''
  Mar 21 2008		28°Le25'24''		-18°23'15''
  Mar 31 2008		28°Le16'22''		-18°21'12''
  Apr 10 2008		28°Le08'55''		-18°18'39''
  Apr 20 2008		28°Le03'16''		-18°15'41''
  Apr 30 2008		27°Le59'39''		-18°12'26''
  May 10 2008		27°Le58'08''		-18°09'00''
  May 20 2008		27°Le58'48'' D		-18°05'30''
  May 30 2008		28°Le01'38''		-18°02'01''
  Jun 9 2008		28°Le06'35''		-17°58'41''
  Jun 19 2008		28°Le13'30''		-17°55'35''
  Jun 29 2008		28°Le22'13''		-17°52'48''
  Jul 9 2008		28°Le32'34''		-17°50'26''
  Jul 19 2008		28°Le44'15''		-17°48'31''
  Jul 29 2008		28°Le57'01''		-17°47'06''
  Aug 8 2008		29°Le10'35''		-17°46'16''
  Aug 18 2008		29°Le24'38''		-17°46'00''
  Aug 28 2008		29°Le38'49''		-17°46'20''
  Sep 7 2008		29°Le52'49''		-17°47'17''
  Sep 17 2008		00°Vi06'18''		-17°48'49''
  Sep 27 2008		00°Vi18'57''		-17°50'55''
  Oct 7 2008		00°Vi30'26''		-17°53'33''
  Oct 17 2008		00°Vi40'27''		-17°56'39''
  Oct 27 2008		00°Vi48'46''		-18°00'09''
  Nov 6 2008		00°Vi55'09''		-18°03'59''
  Nov 16 2008		00°Vi59'24''		-18°08'01''
  Nov 26 2008		01°Vi01'25''		-18°12'10''
  Dec 6 2008		01°Vi01'09'' R		-18°16'19''
  Dec 16 2008		00°Vi58'38''		-18°20'20''
  Dec 26 2008		00°Vi53'57''		-18°24'06''
  Jan 5 2009		00°Vi47'16''		-18°27'30''
  Jan 15 2009		00°Vi38'52''		-18°30'26''
  Jan 25 2009		00°Vi29'02''		-18°32'47''
  Feb 4 2009		00°Vi18'08''		-18°34'30''
  Feb 14 2009		00°Vi06'37''		-18°35'32''
  Feb 24 2009		29°Le54'52''		-18°35'50''
  Mar 6 2009		29°Le43'20''		-18°35'26''
  Mar 16 2009		29°Le32'28''		-18°34'20''
  Mar 26 2009		29°Le22'36''		-18°32'37''
  Apr 5 2009		29°Le14'08''		-18°30'20''
  Apr 15 2009		29°Le07'20''		-18°27'36''
  Apr 25 2009		29°Le02'25''		-18°24'29''
  May 5 2009		28°Le59'34''		-18°21'06''
  May 15 2009		28°Le58'52'' D		-18°17'36''
  May 25 2009		29°Le00'20''		-18°14'03''
  Jun 4 2009		29°Le03'58''		-18°10'35''
  Jun 14 2009		29°Le09'40''		-18°07'17''
  Jun 24 2009		29°Le17'17''		-18°04'15''
  Jul 4 2009		29°Le26'38''		-18°01'35''
  Jul 14 2009		29°Le37'29''		-17°59'20''
  Jul 24 2009		29°Le49'37''		-17°57'35''
  Aug 3 2009		00°Vi02'44''		-17°56'22''
  Aug 13 2009		00°Vi16'30''		-17°55'43''
  Aug 23 2009		00°Vi30'38''		-17°55'40''
  Sep 2 2009		00°Vi44'48''		-17°56'13''
  Sep 12 2009		00°Vi58'39''		-17°57'23''
  Sep 22 2009		01°Vi11'52''		-17°59'08''
  Oct 2 2009		01°Vi24'07''		-18°01'27''
  Oct 12 2009		01°Vi35'05''		-18°04'16''
  Oct 22 2009		01°Vi44'30''		-18°07'33''
  Nov 1 2009		01°Vi52'06''		-18°11'12''
  Nov 11 2009		01°Vi57'43''		-18°15'08''
  Nov 21 2009		02°Vi01'09''		-18°19'15''
  Dec 1 2009		02°Vi02'18''		-18°23'26''
  Dec 11 2009		02°Vi01'11'' R		-18°27'34''
  Dec 21 2009		01°Vi57'50''		-18°31'32''
  Dec 31 2009		01°Vi52'23''		-18°35'11''
  Jan 10 2010		01°Vi45'01''		-18°38'26''
  Jan 20 2010		01°Vi36'02''		-18°41'10''
  Jan 30 2010		01°Vi25'46''		-18°43'18''
  Feb 9 2010		01°Vi14'35''		-18°44'45''
  Feb 19 2010		01°Vi02'55''		-18°45'30''
  Mar 1 2010		00°Vi51'13''		-18°45'32''
  Mar 11 2010		00°Vi39'53''		-18°44'51''
  Mar 21 2010		00°Vi29'20''		-18°43'30''
  Mar 31 2010		00°Vi19'58''		-18°41'32''
  Apr 10 2010		00°Vi12'05''		-18°39'02''
  Apr 20 2010		00°Vi05'58''		-18°36'06''
  Apr 30 2010		00°Vi01'48''		-18°32'51''
  May 10 2010		29°Le59'44''		-18°29'23''
  May 20 2010		29°Le59'51'' D		-18°25'48''
  May 30 2010		00°Vi02'08''		-18°22'14''
  Jun 9 2010		00°Vi06'32''		-18°18'46''
  Jun 19 2010		00°Vi12'58''		-18°15'32''
  Jun 29 2010		00°Vi21'15''		-18°12'36''
  Jul 9 2010		00°Vi31'11''		-18°10'03''
  Jul 19 2010		00°Vi42'33''		-18°07'57''
  Jul 29 2010		00°Vi55'05''		-18°06'22''
  Aug 8 2010		01°Vi08'29''		-18°05'20''
  Aug 18 2010		01°Vi22'26''		-18°04'53''
  Aug 28 2010		01°Vi36'37''		-18°05'03''
  Sep 7 2010		01°Vi50'43''		-18°05'50''
  Sep 17 2010		02°Vi04'22''		-18°07'13''
  Sep 27 2010		02°Vi17'15''		-18°09'11''
  Oct 7 2010		02°Vi29'04''		-18°11'42''
  Oct 17 2010		02°Vi39'30''		-18°14'43''
  Oct 27 2010		02°Vi48'16''		-18°18'09''
  Nov 6 2010		02°Vi55'09''		-18°21'56''
  Nov 16 2010		02°Vi59'57''		-18°25'58''
  Nov 26 2010		03°Vi02'33''		-18°30'09''
  Dec 6 2010		03°Vi02'52'' R		-18°34'21''
  Dec 16 2010		03°Vi00'53''		-18°38'27''
  Dec 26 2010		02°Vi56'44''		-18°42'20''
  

  CUBEWANO

  OK, Plutino as a little Pluto makes sense. But I KNOW there is no body out there called Cubo, or even Cubewan. (Help me, Cubewan, you're my only hope?) So where the heck did this category get it's name?

  Quite simple, really. The very first body ever discovered out past Neptune & Pluto was designated 1992 QB1. Later, when other bodies were found with similar characteristics, they were called "QB1-o's", or cubewanos.

  Anyway, a cubewano is any substantial Kuiper belt object, orbiting beyond about 41 AU and not controlled by resonances with the outer planets. This category now also includes Chaos, Deucalion, Varuna and Quaoar.

  QB1 was discovered by David C. Jewitt and Jane X. Luu at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii. The discoverers suggested the name Smiley for the object, but as there is already another asteroid with that name (1613 Smiley, named after an American astronomer) the name couldn't be used. The asteroid has received the number 15760, and remains unnamed; it is normally referred to simply as QB1. QB1 has it's own page on this site: 1992 QB1.

  Chaos

  

  I love the name of this one! Wonder if it has anything to do with Chaos theory?

  Minor planet 19521 was discovered on November 19, 1998 and was originally designated 1998 WH24. It has an orbit of 309.1006 years, reaches perihelion at 40.9264 AU, and aphelion at 50.5041. (Funny, you'd think with a name like Chaos it would have a more elliptical orbit!)

  Chaos derives from the Greek language and typically refers to unpredictability. In the metaphysical sense, it is the opposite of Law: unrestrictive, both creative and destructive.

  However, the original Greek worder did not mean "disorder" in classical-period Ancient Greece. It meant "the primal emptiness, Space". It is derived from the Indo-European root ghn or ghen meaning "gape, be wide open": compare "chasm" (from Greek), and Anglo-Saxon gānian (= "yawn"), geanian, ginian (= "gape wide"); see also Old Norse Ginnunga gap. Due to people misunderstanding early Christian uses of the word, the meaning of the word changed to "disorder".

  An oft-made assumption is that the metaphysical Chaos is Evil and that Law is Good, however it should be noted these are different concepts, and it is quite possible for Chaos to be Good and Law be Evil. One example of this would be the story of Robin Hood, or the real-life world examples of oppressive governments and dictatorships being thrown off by freedom fighters.

  Chaos (also 'Khaos')is also the primordial substance from which the universe sprang in Greek mythology.

  Mark Andrew Holmes has some thoughts on Chaos: markandrewholmes.com/chaos.html

  At its discovery, Chaos was located at 26 Taurus 34 R.

  Here is an ephemeris for 2008-2010, every 10 days, at 0 hrs UT:

  					
  DATE	       …	LONG	      ….	LAT
  Jan 1 2008		08°Ge11'48'' R		+04°00'53''
  Jan 11 2008		08°Ge02'20''		+04°00'44''
  Jan 21 2008		07°Ge54'37''		+04°00'26''
  Jan 31 2008		07°Ge48'57''		+04°00'03''
  Feb 10 2008		07°Ge45'34''		+03°59'35''
  Feb 20 2008		07°Ge44'37'' D		+03°59'03''
  Mar 1 2008		07°Ge46'06''		+03°58'31''
  Mar 11 2008		07°Ge50'03''		+03°58'00''
  Mar 21 2008		07°Ge56'22''		+03°57'31''
  Mar 31 2008		08°Ge04'51''		+03°57'06''
  Apr 10 2008		08°Ge15'18''		+03°56'46''
  Apr 20 2008		08°Ge27'28''		+03°56'33''
  Apr 30 2008		08°Ge41'03''		+03°56'27''
  May 10 2008		08°Ge55'43''		+03°56'29''
  May 20 2008		09°Ge11'06''		+03°56'41''
  May 30 2008		09°Ge26'53''		+03°57'01''
  Jun 9 2008		09°Ge42'43''		+03°57'31''
  Jun 19 2008		09°Ge58'12''		+03°58'09''
  Jun 29 2008		10°Ge13'01''		+03°58'57''
  Jul 9 2008		10°Ge26'51''		+03°59'53''
  Jul 19 2008		10°Ge39'21''		+04°00'57''
  Jul 29 2008		10°Ge50'16''		+04°02'08''
  Aug 8 2008		10°Ge59'19''		+04°03'25''
  Aug 18 2008		11°Ge06'19''		+04°04'47''
  Aug 28 2008		11°Ge11'06''		+04°06'12''
  Sep 7 2008		11°Ge13'32''		+04°07'39''
  Sep 17 2008		11°Ge13'34'' R		+04°09'06''
  Sep 27 2008		11°Ge11'15''		+04°10'31''
  Oct 7 2008		11°Ge06'39''		+04°11'53''
  Oct 17 2008		10°Ge59'55''		+04°13'09''
  Oct 27 2008		10°Ge51'20''		+04°14'19''
  Nov 6 2008		10°Ge41'11''		+04°15'19''
  Nov 16 2008		10°Ge29'50''		+04°16'10''
  Nov 26 2008		10°Ge17'44''		+04°16'50''
  Dec 6 2008		10°Ge05'20''		+04°17'18''
  Dec 16 2008		09°Ge53'08''		+04°17'35''
  Dec 26 2008		09°Ge41'35''		+04°17'40''
  Jan 5 2009		09°Ge31'08''		+04°17'35''
  Jan 15 2009		09°Ge22'13''		+04°17'20''
  Jan 25 2009		09°Ge15'10''		+04°16'57''
  Feb 4 2009		09°Ge10'15''		+04°16'28''
  Feb 14 2009		09°Ge07'40''		+04°15'54''
  Feb 24 2009		09°Ge07'32'' D		+04°15'18''
  Mar 6 2009		09°Ge09'53''		+04°14'42''
  Mar 16 2009		09°Ge14'39''		+04°14'07''
  Mar 26 2009		09°Ge21'43''		+04°13'35''
  Apr 5 2009		09°Ge30'55''		+04°13'08''
  Apr 15 2009		09°Ge42'00''		+04°12'47''
  Apr 25 2009		09°Ge54'41''		+04°12'33''
  May 5 2009		10°Ge08'42''		+04°12'28''
  May 15 2009		10°Ge23'40''		+04°12'32''
  May 25 2009		10°Ge39'16''		+04°12'45''
  Jun 4 2009		10°Ge55'08''		+04°13'08''
  Jun 14 2009		11°Ge10'54''		+04°13'41''
  Jun 24 2009		11°Ge26'15''		+04°14'24''
  Jul 4 2009		11°Ge40'47''		+04°15'16''
  Jul 14 2009		11°Ge54'14''		+04°16'17''
  Jul 24 2009		12°Ge06'17''		+04°17'26''
  Aug 3 2009		12°Ge16'37''		+04°18'42''
  Aug 13 2009		12°Ge25'01''		+04°20'04''
  Aug 23 2009		12°Ge31'19''		+04°21'31''
  Sep 2 2009		12°Ge35'20''		+04°23'00''
  Sep 12 2009		12°Ge36'59''		+04°24'31''
  Sep 22 2009		12°Ge36'14'' R		+04°26'02''
  Oct 2 2009		12°Ge33'07''		+04°27'30''
  Oct 12 2009		12°Ge27'47''		+04°28'54''
  Oct 22 2009		12°Ge20'23''		+04°30'11''
  Nov 1 2009		12°Ge11'13''		+04°31'20''
  Nov 11 2009		12°Ge00'36''		+04°32'19''
  Nov 21 2009		11°Ge48'56''		+04°33'07''
  Dec 1 2009		11°Ge36'40''		+04°33'44''
  Dec 11 2009		11°Ge24'16''		+04°34'08''
  Dec 21 2009		11°Ge12'12''		+04°34'19''
  Dec 31 2009		11°Ge00'58''		+04°34'19''
  Jan 10 2010		10°Ge50'59''		+04°34'08''
  Jan 20 2010		10°Ge42'39''		+04°33'47''
  Jan 30 2010		10°Ge36'18''		+04°33'18''
  Feb 9 2010		10°Ge32'09''		+04°32'43''
  Feb 19 2010		10°Ge30'23''		+04°32'04''
  Mar 1 2010		10°Ge31'06'' D		+04°31'23''
  Mar 11 2010		10°Ge34'17''		+04°30'43''
  Mar 21 2010		10°Ge39'51''		+04°30'05''
  Mar 31 2010		10°Ge47'40''		+04°29'31''
  Apr 10 2010		10°Ge57'33''		+04°29'02''
  Apr 20 2010		11°Ge09'14''		+04°28'40''
  Apr 30 2010		11°Ge22'25''		+04°28'27''
  May 10 2010		11°Ge36'48''		+04°28'23''
  May 20 2010		11°Ge52'04''		+04°28'28''
  May 30 2010		12°Ge07'49''		+04°28'44''
  Jun 9 2010		12°Ge23'42''		+04°29'10''
  Jun 19 2010		12°Ge39'25''		+04°29'47''
  Jun 29 2010		12°Ge54'33''		+04°30'34''
  Jul 9 2010		13°Ge08'48''		+04°31'31''
  Jul 19 2010		13°Ge21'50''		+04°32'36''
  Jul 29 2010		13°Ge33'22''		+04°33'51''
  Aug 8 2010		13°Ge43'07''		+04°35'12''
  Aug 18 2010		13°Ge50'52''		+04°36'39''
  Aug 28 2010		13°Ge56'25''		+04°38'11''
  Sep 7 2010		13°Ge59'40''		+04°39'45''
  Sep 17 2010		14°Ge00'31'' R		+04°41'20''
  Sep 27 2010		13°Ge58'58''		+04°42'54''
  Oct 7 2010		13°Ge55'06''		+04°44'24''
  Oct 17 2010		13°Ge49'03''		+04°45'49''
  Oct 27 2010		13°Ge41'00''		+04°47'06''
  Nov 6 2010		13°Ge31'18''		+04°48'14''
  Nov 16 2010		13°Ge20'16''		+04°49'12''
  Nov 26 2010		13°Ge08'20''		+04°49'57''
  Dec 6 2010		12°Ge55'57''		+04°50'29''
  Dec 16 2010		12°Ge43'35''		+04°50'48''
  Dec 26 2010		12°Ge31'45''		+04°50'54''
  
  

  Deucalion

  Minor planet 53311, Deucalion, was discovered April 18, 1999, and was originally designated 1999 HU11. It has an orbit of 295.5395 years, and its orbit is more round than that of Chaos, with perihelion at 41.5791 AU and aphelion at 44.3683 AU.

  In Greek mythology, Deucalion, or Deuk�lion ("new-wine sailor") was the son of Prometheus and Clymene or Celaeno.

  When the wrath of Zeus was ignited against the whole of the Pelasgians, the original pre-Hellenic inhabitants of Greece, Zeus decided to bring an end to the Golden Age with the Great Deluge. Zeus was appalled that these people were practicing cannibalism, and sacrificing humans to him, especially young boys. So Zeus was set upon loosing a deluge which would wash everything clean.

  Deucalion had been forewarned by his father Prometheus (who, being the god who took a particular liking to man, had a penchant for trying to help mankind avoid destruction), and so Deucalion's plan to build an ark and provision it carefully (no animals are rescued in this version of the Flood myth), so that when the waters receded after nine days, he and his wife Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus, were the one surviving pair of humans. Their ark touched solid ground on Mount Parnassus or Mount Etna or Mount Athos or Mount Othrys in Thessaly -- it depends whose version one is reading.

  Once the deluge was over and the couple had given thanks to Zeus, Deucalion consulted an oracle of Themis about how to repopulate the earth. He was told to cover your head and throw the bones of your mother behind your shoulder. Deucalion and Pyrrha understood that "mother" is Gaia, the mother of all living things, and the "bones" to be rocks. They threw the rocks behind their shoulders and the stones formed people. Pyrrha's became women; Deucalion's became men. Deucalion and Pyrrha had at least two children, Hellen and Protogenea, and possibly a third, Amphictyon (who is autochthonous in other traditions). Deucalion's parallels with Noah and with Utnapishtim, the survivor of the Sumerian Flood that is told in the Epic of Gilgamesh, are even clearer in the wine subtext in this myth. Though Deucalion is no longer allowed to be the inventor of wine as Noah still is, his name gives away his secret: deucos + halieus "new wine sailor". His wife, named "wine-red", just happens to be the sister of Ariadne who mothered with Dionysus, several wine-making progenitors of Aegean tribes.

  Mark Andrew Holmes designed the above symbol for Deucalion, and has written a bit about it at www.geocities.com/mahtezcatpoc/deucalion.html

  At its discovery, Deucalion was located at 24 Libra 06 R

  Here is an ephemeris for 2008-2010, every 10 days, at 0 hrs UT:

  					
  DATE	       …	LONG	      ….	LAT
  Jan 1 2008		06°Sc24'06''		+00°06'06''
  Jan 11 2008		06°Sc31'18''		+00°06'07''
  Jan 21 2008		06°Sc36'14''		+00°06'08''
  Jan 31 2008		06°Sc38'47''		+00°06'08''
  Feb 10 2008		06°Sc38'57'' R		+00°06'09''
  Feb 20 2008		06°Sc36'45''		+00°06'10''
  Mar 1 2008		06°Sc32'19''		+00°06'10''
  Mar 11 2008		06°Sc25'49''		+00°06'10''
  Mar 21 2008		06°Sc17'34''		+00°06'11''
  Mar 31 2008		06°Sc07'52''		+00°06'11''
  Apr 10 2008		05°Sc57'04''		+00°06'10''
  Apr 20 2008		05°Sc45'37''		+00°06'10''
  Apr 30 2008		05°Sc33'55''		+00°06'09''
  May 10 2008		05°Sc22'24''		+00°06'08''
  May 20 2008		05°Sc11'28''		+00°06'07''
  May 30 2008		05°Sc01'31''		+00°06'05''
  Jun 9 2008		04°Sc52'54''		+00°06'04''
  Jun 19 2008		04°Sc45'55''		+00°06'02''
  Jun 29 2008		04°Sc40'49''		+00°06'00''
  Jul 9 2008		04°Sc37'47''		+00°05'58''
  Jul 19 2008		04°Sc36'56'' D		+00°05'56''
  Jul 29 2008		04°Sc38'19''		+00°05'53''
  Aug 8 2008		04°Sc41'58''		+00°05'51''
  Aug 18 2008		04°Sc47'49''		+00°05'49''
  Aug 28 2008		04°Sc55'43''		+00°05'47''
  Sep 7 2008		05°Sc05'32''		+00°05'45''
  Sep 17 2008		05°Sc17'03''		+00°05'44''
  Sep 27 2008		05°Sc30'01''		+00°05'42''
  Oct 7 2008		05°Sc44'06''		+00°05'41''
  Oct 17 2008		05°Sc59'01''		+00°05'40''
  Oct 27 2008		06°Sc14'24''		+00°05'39''
  Nov 6 2008		06°Sc29'53''		+00°05'38''
  Nov 16 2008		06°Sc45'06''		+00°05'37''
  Nov 26 2008		06°Sc59'40''		+00°05'37''
  Dec 6 2008		07°Sc13'13''		+00°05'37''
  Dec 16 2008		07°Sc25'25''		+00°05'37''
  Dec 26 2008		07°Sc35'57''		+00°05'37''
  Jan 5 2009		07°Sc44'32''		+00°05'38''
  Jan 15 2009		07°Sc50'59''		+00°05'38''
  Jan 25 2009		07°Sc55'06''		+00°05'39''
  Feb 4 2009		07°Sc56'50''		+00°05'39''
  Feb 14 2009		07°Sc56'10'' R		+00°05'40''
  Feb 24 2009		07°Sc53'11''		+00°05'40''
  Mar 6 2009		07°Sc48'00''		+00°05'41''
  Mar 16 2009		07°Sc40'51''		+00°05'41''
  Mar 26 2009		07°Sc32'03''		+00°05'41''
  Apr 5 2009		07°Sc21'55''		+00°05'41''
  Apr 15 2009		07°Sc10'51''		+00°05'41''
  Apr 25 2009		06°Sc59'14''		+00°05'40''
  May 5 2009		06°Sc47'32''		+00°05'39''
  May 15 2009		06°Sc36'10''		+00°05'38''
  May 25 2009		06°Sc25'31''		+00°05'37''
  Jun 4 2009		06°Sc15'59''		+00°05'35''
  Jun 14 2009		06°Sc07'53''		+00°05'34''
  Jun 24 2009		06°Sc01'31''		+00°05'32''
  Jul 4 2009		05°Sc57'05''		+00°05'30''
  Jul 14 2009		05°Sc54'47''		+00°05'28''
  Jul 24 2009		05°Sc54'42'' D		+00°05'26''
  Aug 3 2009		05°Sc56'53''		+00°05'24''
  Aug 13 2009		06°Sc01'17''		+00°05'22''
  Aug 23 2009		06°Sc07'52''		+00°05'20''
  Sep 2 2009		06°Sc16'28''		+00°05'18''
  Sep 12 2009		06°Sc26'55''		+00°05'16''
  Sep 22 2009		06°Sc38'58''		+00°05'14''
  Oct 2 2009		06°Sc52'23''		+00°05'13''
  Oct 12 2009		07°Sc06'49''		+00°05'12''
  Oct 22 2009		07°Sc21'57''		+00°05'11''
  Nov 1 2009		07°Sc37'26''		+00°05'10''
  Nov 11 2009		07°Sc52'54''		+00°05'09''
  Nov 21 2009		08°Sc07'57''		+00°05'09''
  Dec 1 2009		08°Sc22'13''		+00°05'09''
  Dec 11 2009		08°Sc35'22''		+00°05'08''
  Dec 21 2009		08°Sc47'03''		+00°05'09''
  Dec 31 2009		08°Sc56'56''		+00°05'09''
  Jan 10 2010		09°Sc04'49''		+00°05'09''
  Jan 20 2010		09°Sc10'28''		+00°05'10''
  Jan 30 2010		09°Sc13'47''		+00°05'10''
  Feb 9 2010		09°Sc14'41'' R		+00°05'10''
  Feb 19 2010		09°Sc13'11''		+00°05'11''
  Mar 1 2010		09°Sc09'25''		+00°05'11''
  Mar 11 2010		09°Sc03'32''		+00°05'11''
  Mar 21 2010		08°Sc55'46''		+00°05'11''
  Mar 31 2010		08°Sc46'27''		+00°05'11''
  Apr 10 2010		08°Sc35'56''		+00°05'11''
  Apr 20 2010		08°Sc24'37''		+00°05'11''
  Apr 30 2010		08°Sc12'55''		+00°05'10''
  May 10 2010		08°Sc01'16''		+00°05'09''
  May 20 2010		07°Sc50'06''		+00°05'08''
  May 30 2010		07°Sc39'47''		+00°05'06''
  Jun 9 2010		07°Sc30'41''		+00°05'05''
  Jun 19 2010		07°Sc23'08''		+00°05'03''
  Jun 29 2010		07°Sc17'25''		+00°05'02''
  Jul 9 2010		07°Sc13'41''		+00°05'00''
  Jul 19 2010		07°Sc12'07''		+00°04'58''
  Jul 29 2010		07°Sc12'49'' D		+00°04'56''
  Aug 8 2010		07°Sc15'46''		+00°04'54''
  Aug 18 2010		07°Sc20'56''		+00°04'52''
  Aug 28 2010		07°Sc28'14''		+00°04'50''
  Sep 7 2010		07°Sc37'31''		+00°04'48''
  Sep 17 2010		07°Sc48'34''		+00°04'47''
  Sep 27 2010		08°Sc01'08''		+00°04'45''
  Oct 7 2010		08°Sc14'57''		+00°04'44''
  Oct 17 2010		08°Sc29'42''		+00°04'43''
  Oct 27 2010		08°Sc45'01''		+00°04'42''
  Nov 6 2010		09°Sc00'34''		+00°04'41''
  Nov 16 2010		09°Sc15'57''		+00°04'40''
  Nov 26 2010		09°Sc30'48''		+00°04'40''
  Dec 6 2010		09°Sc44'45''		+00°04'40''
  Dec 16 2010		09°Sc57'26''		+00°04'40''
  Dec 26 2010		10°Sc08'32''		+00°04'40''
  

  Varuna

  . D The 2000th minor Planet, Varuna, was originally designated 2000 WR106 when it was discovered on November 28, 2000. It has an orbit of 283.20 years, a perihelion of 40.915 AU, and an aphelion of 45.335 AU. It has a diameter of about 560 miles.

  Varuna was discovered in the year 2000, but it was seen in 1953, although it was not recognized at the time.

  Russian astrologer Denis Kutalyov indicates that the Kuiper Belt may be seen as a sort of boundary of what is knowable; the multiplicity of objects in this region therefore suggests that the doors to the mystery beyond are legion. He further states that Varuna in particular may be seen as conferring notoriety, not to say infamy, and immortality in the sense of renown.

  Interestingly, it was discovered during a very strange event in US history: a US election where the results where hotly contested, and where no one knew for sure who was going to be president for days past the election. (Astrologer Jerome Armstrong has noted that the GOP has its natal Varuna at 19 Sagittarius, conjunct George W. Bush's South Node, which Pluto is currently transiting).

  It is named after the Hindu god Varuna, the oldest of the vedic (Hindu) deities, the maker and upholder of heaven and the earth. (In Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired with Mitra as an upholder of the world.) "He knows the pathway of the wind" (Rig Veda, the oldest of the Vedas and the oldest book in Sanskrit). Varuna is the merciful, supportive, and heavenly king of both the gods and humans who controls the physical order of the universe....Keeper of Divine Order, Lord of the Cosmos. He expresses physical power in battle and pro-creative vigor as he upholds cosmic law and a path of order. Omnipotent and omniscient, an enforcer of contracts who punished mortals who did not keep their word, he was also a Lord of the Dead who could confer immortality.

  Check out these other pages for more insight into Varuna:

  Nick Anthony Firenza's Varuna page

  Denis Kutalyov's Varuna: Angel or Demon

  Mark Andrew Holmes Varuna page

  When Varuna was discovered, it was at 10 Cancer 29 R

  Here is an ephemeris for 2008-2010, every 10 days, at 0 hrs UT:

  					
  DATE	       …	LONG	      ….	LAT
  Jan 1 2008		18°Cn37'56'' R		+03°27'30''
  Jan 11 2008		18°Cn25'49''		+03°28'10''
  Jan 21 2008		18°Cn13'46''		+03°28'41''
  Jan 31 2008		18°Cn02'15''		+03°29'03''
  Feb 10 2008		17°Cn51'42''		+03°29'16''
  Feb 20 2008		17°Cn42'30''		+03°29'22''
  Mar 1 2008		17°Cn35'00''		+03°29'21''
  Mar 11 2008		17°Cn29'27''		+03°29'15''
  Mar 21 2008		17°Cn26'06''		+03°29'04''
  Mar 31 2008		17°Cn25'02'' D		+03°28'52''
  Apr 10 2008		17°Cn26'17''		+03°28'38''
  Apr 20 2008		17°Cn29'52''		+03°28'25''
  Apr 30 2008		17°Cn35'39''		+03°28'14''
  May 10 2008		17°Cn43'32''		+03°28'06''
  May 20 2008		17°Cn53'16''		+03°28'02''
  May 30 2008		18°Cn04'38''		+03°28'04''
  Jun 9 2008		18°Cn17'23''		+03°28'11''
  Jun 19 2008		18°Cn31'11''		+03°28'25''
  Jun 29 2008		18°Cn45'43''		+03°28'47''
  Jul 9 2008		19°Cn00'41''		+03°29'16''
  Jul 19 2008		19°Cn15'43''		+03°29'54''
  Jul 29 2008		19°Cn30'29''		+03°30'38''
  Aug 8 2008		19°Cn44'39''		+03°31'31''
  Aug 18 2008		19°Cn57'54''		+03°32'31''
  Aug 28 2008		20°Cn09'54''		+03°33'38''
  Sep 7 2008		20°Cn20'21''		+03°34'51''
  Sep 17 2008		20°Cn29'02''		+03°36'10''
  Sep 27 2008		20°Cn35'43''		+03°37'32''
  Oct 7 2008		20°Cn40'13''		+03°38'58''
  Oct 17 2008		20°Cn42'25''		+03°40'26''
  Oct 27 2008		20°Cn42'17'' R		+03°41'54''
  Nov 6 2008		20°Cn39'48''		+03°43'20''
  Nov 16 2008		20°Cn35'06''		+03°44'43''
  Nov 26 2008		20°Cn28'19''		+03°46'02''
  Dec 6 2008		20°Cn19'44''		+03°47'14''
  Dec 16 2008		20°Cn09'39''		+03°48'19''
  Dec 26 2008		19°Cn58'27''		+03°49'15''
  Jan 5 2009		19°Cn46'32''		+03°50'01''
  Jan 15 2009		19°Cn34'25''		+03°50'38''
  Jan 25 2009		19°Cn22'31''		+03°51'04''
  Feb 4 2009		19°Cn11'17''		+03°51'21''
  Feb 14 2009		19°Cn01'11''		+03°51'29''
  Feb 24 2009		18°Cn52'33''		+03°51'28''
  Mar 6 2009		18°Cn45'44''		+03°51'21''
  Mar 16 2009		18°Cn40'57''		+03°51'08''
  Mar 26 2009		18°Cn38'23''		+03°50'52''
  Apr 5 2009		18°Cn38'08'' D		+03°50'33''
  Apr 15 2009		18°Cn40'12''		+03°50'14''
  Apr 25 2009		18°Cn44'34''		+03°49'57''
  May 5 2009		18°Cn51'06''		+03°49'42''
  May 15 2009		18°Cn59'39''		+03°49'30''
  May 25 2009		19°Cn09'58''		+03°49'24''
  Jun 4 2009		19°Cn21'51''		+03°49'25''
  Jun 14 2009		19°Cn34'59''		+03°49'32''
  Jun 24 2009		19°Cn49'04''		+03°49'46''
  Jul 4 2009		20°Cn03'47''		+03°50'10''
  Jul 14 2009		20°Cn18'48''		+03°50'41''
  Jul 24 2009		20°Cn33'47''		+03°51'21''
  Aug 3 2009		20°Cn48'22''		+03°52'10''
  Aug 13 2009		21°Cn02'13''		+03°53'07''
  Aug 23 2009		21°Cn15'03''		+03°54'12''
  Sep 2 2009		21°Cn26'32''		+03°55'24''
  Sep 12 2009		21°Cn36'24''		+03°56'43''
  Sep 22 2009		21°Cn44'23''		+03°58'07''
  Oct 2 2009		21°Cn50'19''		+03°59'36''
  Oct 12 2009		21°Cn54'01''		+04°01'07''
  Oct 22 2009		21°Cn55'23''		+04°02'40''
  Nov 1 2009		21°Cn54'24'' R		+04°04'12''
  Nov 11 2009		21°Cn51'08''		+04°05'42''
  Nov 21 2009		21°Cn45'40''		+04°07'08''
  Dec 1 2009		21°Cn38'13''		+04°08'28''
  Dec 11 2009		21°Cn29'04''		+04°09'41''
  Dec 21 2009		21°Cn18'33''		+04°10'45''
  Dec 31 2009		21°Cn07'03''		+04°11'39''
  Jan 10 2010		20°Cn55'02''		+04°12'22''
  Jan 20 2010		20°Cn42'56''		+04°12'54''
  Jan 30 2010		20°Cn31'14''		+04°13'16''
  Feb 9 2010		20°Cn20'22''		+04°13'27''
  Feb 19 2010		20°Cn10'45''		+04°13'28''
  Mar 1 2010		20°Cn02'44''		+04°13'21''
  Mar 11 2010		19°Cn56'37''		+04°13'07''
  Mar 21 2010		19°Cn52'36''		+04°12'48''
  Mar 31 2010		19°Cn50'51''		+04°12'26''
  Apr 10 2010		19°Cn51'25'' D		+04°12'02''
  Apr 20 2010		19°Cn54'19''		+04°11'38''
  Apr 30 2010		19°Cn59'27''		+04°11'16''
  May 10 2010		20°Cn06'42''		+04°10'57''
  May 20 2010		20°Cn15'54''		+04°10'43''
  May 30 2010		20°Cn26'47''		+04°10'36''
  Jun 9 2010		20°Cn39'07''		+04°10'35''
  Jun 19 2010		20°Cn52'37''		+04°10'42''
  Jun 29 2010		21°Cn06'57''		+04°10'58''
  Jul 9 2010		21°Cn21'47''		+04°11'23''
  Jul 19 2010		21°Cn36'49''		+04°11'57''
  Jul 29 2010		21°Cn51'41''		+04°12'41''
  Aug 8 2010		22°Cn06'03''		+04°13'34''
  Aug 18 2010		22°Cn19'35''		+04°14'36''
  Aug 28 2010		22°Cn31'57''		+04°15'46''
  Sep 7 2010		22°Cn42'54''		+04°17'04''
  Sep 17 2010		22°Cn52'08''		+04°18'29''
  Sep 27 2010		22°Cn59'24''		+04°19'59''
  Oct 7 2010		23°Cn04'33''		+04°21'33''
  Oct 17 2010		23°Cn07'26''		+04°23'10''
  Oct 27 2010		23°Cn07'58'' R		+04°24'47''
  Nov 6 2010		23°Cn06'11''		+04°26'23''
  Nov 16 2010		23°Cn02'07''		+04°27'57''
  Nov 26 2010		22°Cn55'56''		+04°29'25''
  Dec 6 2010		22°Cn47'50''		+04°30'46''
  Dec 16 2010		22°Cn38'09''		+04°31'58''
  Dec 26 2010		22°Cn27'16''		+04°33'01''
  

  Quaoar

  D . The 5000th minor planet, Quaoar (pronounced kwah-o-wahr), was discovered June 4, 2002, and was originally classified as 2002 LM60. The discovery was announced to the world on October 7, 2002. It has an orbit of 285.97 years, reaches perihelion at 41.914 AU, and aphelion at 44.896 AU.) The wonder of this is that it actually does have a nearly circular orbit...a rarity in this solar system. It is over half the diameter of Pluto....800 miles.

  Quaoar was named for a Native American god worshipped by the Tongva people as a creation deity of the Tongva people. (The Tongva are native to the area around Los Angeles, California.) According to legend, Quaoar "came down from heaven; and, after reducing chaos to order, laid out the world on the back of seven giants. He then created the lower animals, and then mankind."

  According to Tongva mythology, Quaoar sings and dances the world and other deities into existence.

  At the time of its discovery, Quaoar was conjunct the fixed star Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpio. DeVore states that this star has the name Watcher of the West, and can be malevolent, destructive, subject to rash impulses, headtrong obtinancy.......but can also be a sign of honor and good fortune. It will be interesting to see how this plays out as we learn the nature of Quaoar.

  Check out these other pages for more insight into Quaoar:

  Nick Anthony Firenza's Quaoar page

  Mark Andrew Holmes has designed the Quaoar symbol on the right, and has written about it at markandrewholmes.com/quaoar.html

  Lynn Koiner has written an article well worth reading on this body: Quaoar, the Centaur of Transformation

  Discovery position was 10 Sagittarius 10 R.
  It was announced to the world when it was 9 Sagittarius 35.

  Here is an ephemeris for 2008-2010, every 10 days, at 0 hrs UT:

  					
  DATE	       …	LONG	      ….	LAT
  Jan 1 2008		17°Sg53'40''		+07°16'49''
  Jan 11 2008		18°Sg08'02''		+07°17'42''
  Jan 21 2008		18°Sg21'10''		+07°18'50''
  Jan 31 2008		18°Sg32'47''		+07°20'11''
  Feb 10 2008		18°Sg42'34''		+07°21'45''
  Feb 20 2008		18°Sg50'18''		+07°23'27''
  Mar 1 2008		18°Sg55'47''		+07°25'16''
  Mar 11 2008		18°Sg58'56''		+07°27'08''
  Mar 21 2008		18°Sg59'42'' R		+07°29'01''
  Mar 31 2008		18°Sg58'07''		+07°30'51''
  Apr 10 2008		18°Sg54'17''		+07°32'35''
  Apr 20 2008		18°Sg48'22''		+07°34'10''
  Apr 30 2008		18°Sg40'38''		+07°35'33''
  May 10 2008		18°Sg31'22''		+07°36'42''
  May 20 2008		18°Sg20'54''		+07°37'34''
  May 30 2008		18°Sg09'38''		+07°38'09''
  Jun 9 2008		17°Sg57'58''		+07°38'25''
  Jun 19 2008		17°Sg46'18''		+07°38'22''
  Jun 29 2008		17°Sg35'04''		+07°38'01''
  Jul 9 2008		17°Sg24'40''		+07°37'21''
  Jul 19 2008		17°Sg15'27''		+07°36'26''
  Jul 29 2008		17°Sg07'45''		+07°35'17''
  Aug 8 2008		17°Sg01'51''		+07°33'56''
  Aug 18 2008		16°Sg57'58''		+07°32'26''
  Aug 28 2008		16°Sg56'16''		+07°30'50''
  Sep 7 2008		16°Sg56'51'' D		+07°29'11''
  Sep 17 2008		16°Sg59'45''		+07°27'32''
  Sep 27 2008		17°Sg04'56''		+07°25'56''
  Oct 7 2008		17°Sg12'19''		+07°24'25''
  Oct 17 2008		17°Sg21'44''		+07°23'03''
  Oct 27 2008		17°Sg32'59''		+07°21'52''
  Nov 6 2008		17°Sg45'49''		+07°20'55''
  Nov 16 2008		17°Sg59'54''		+07°20'11''
  Nov 26 2008		18°Sg14'55''		+07°19'44''
  Dec 6 2008		18°Sg30'31''		+07°19'34''
  Dec 16 2008		18°Sg46'17''		+07°19'42''
  Dec 26 2008		19°Sg01'51''		+07°20'06''
  Jan 5 2009		19°Sg16'48''		+07°20'48''
  Jan 15 2009		19°Sg30'48''		+07°21'47''
  Jan 25 2009		19°Sg43'28''		+07°23'00''
  Feb 4 2009		19°Sg54'28''		+07°24'26''
  Feb 14 2009		20°Sg03'35''		+07°26'03''
  Feb 24 2009		20°Sg10'34''		+07°27'49''
  Mar 6 2009		20°Sg15'16''		+07°29'40''
  Mar 16 2009		20°Sg17'35''		+07°31'33''
  Mar 26 2009		20°Sg17'32'' R		+07°33'26''
  Apr 5 2009		20°Sg15'10''		+07°35'15''
  Apr 15 2009		20°Sg10'35''		+07°36'57''
  Apr 25 2009		20°Sg04'01''		+07°38'28''
  May 5 2009		19°Sg55'43''		+07°39'47''
  May 15 2009		19°Sg45'59''		+07°40'51''
  May 25 2009		19°Sg35'11''		+07°41'37''
  Jun 4 2009		19°Sg23'44''		+07°42'05''
  Jun 14 2009		19°Sg12'01''		+07°42'14''
  Jun 24 2009		19°Sg00'27''		+07°42'05''
  Jul 4 2009		18°Sg49'26''		+07°41'36''
  Jul 14 2009		18°Sg39'23''		+07°40'51''
  Jul 24 2009		18°Sg30'39''		+07°39'50''
  Aug 3 2009		18°Sg23'31''		+07°38'35''
  Aug 13 2009		18°Sg18'17''		+07°37'09''
  Aug 23 2009		18°Sg15'07''		+07°35'36''
  Sep 2 2009		18°Sg14'12'' D		+07°33'57''
  Sep 12 2009		18°Sg15'34''		+07°32'16''
  Sep 22 2009		18°Sg19'16''		+07°30'36''
  Oct 2 2009		18°Sg25'14''		+07°29'01''
  Oct 12 2009		18°Sg33'21''		+07°27'32''
  Oct 22 2009		18°Sg43'26''		+07°26'12''
  Nov 1 2009		18°Sg55'16''		+07°25'05''
  Nov 11 2009		19°Sg08'35''		+07°24'11''
  Nov 21 2009		19°Sg23'03''		+07°23'32''
  Dec 1 2009		19°Sg38'20''		+07°23'10''
  Dec 11 2009		19°Sg54'03''		+07°23'06''
  Dec 21 2009		20°Sg09'49''		+07°23'19''
  Dec 31 2009		20°Sg25'13''		+07°23'50''
  Jan 10 2010		20°Sg39'53''		+07°24'37''
  Jan 20 2010		20°Sg53'28''		+07°25'41''
  Jan 30 2010		21°Sg05'37''		+07°26'59''
  Feb 9 2010		21°Sg16'00''		+07°28'30''
  Feb 19 2010		21°Sg24'24''		+07°30'11''
  Mar 1 2010		21°Sg30'36''		+07°31'59''
  Mar 11 2010		21°Sg34'30''		+07°33'52''
  Mar 21 2010		21°Sg36'00''		+07°35'46''
  Mar 31 2010		21°Sg35'08'' R		+07°37'39''
  Apr 10 2010		21°Sg32'00''		+07°39'26''
  Apr 20 2010		21°Sg26'42''		+07°41'05''
  Apr 30 2010		21°Sg19'30''		+07°42'33''
  May 10 2010		21°Sg10'40''		+07°43'47''
  May 20 2010		21°Sg00'31''		+07°44'45''
  May 30 2010		20°Sg49'27''		+07°45'25''
  Jun 9 2010		20°Sg37'50''		+07°45'46''
  Jun 19 2010		20°Sg26'07''		+07°45'49''
  Jun 29 2010		20°Sg14'41''		+07°45'32''
  Jul 9 2010		20°Sg03'57''		+07°44'57''
  Jul 19 2010		19°Sg54'17''		+07°44'05''
  Jul 29 2010		19°Sg46'04''		+07°42'58''
  Aug 8 2010		19°Sg39'33''		+07°41'38''
  Aug 18 2010		19°Sg34'59''		+07°40'08''
  Aug 28 2010		19°Sg32'34''		+07°38'31''
  Sep 7 2010		19°Sg32'26'' D		+07°36'50''
  Sep 17 2010		19°Sg34'36''		+07°35'08''
  Sep 27 2010		19°Sg39'05''		+07°33'28''
  Oct 7 2010		19°Sg45'49''		+07°31'53''
  Oct 17 2010		19°Sg54'39''		+07°30'26''
  Oct 27 2010		20°Sg05'22''		+07°29'09''
  Nov 6 2010		20°Sg17'46''		+07°28'05''
  Nov 16 2010		20°Sg31'32''		+07°27'16''
  Nov 26 2010		20°Sg46'20''		+07°26'42''
  Dec 6 2010		21°Sg01'50''		+07°26'25''
  Dec 16 2010		21°Sg17'37''		+07°26'27''
  Dec 26 2010		21°Sg33'19''		+07°26'46''
  

  OORT OBJECT

  OK, what exactly is an Oort Object? Well, first, you need to understand what the Oort Cloud is.

  The Oort Cloud is a spherical cloud of comets situated about 50,000 to 100,000 AU from the Sun. This is approximately 1000 times the distance from the Sun to Pluto or roughly one light year, almost a quarter of the distance from the Sun to Proxima Centauri, the star nearest the Sun. The Oort cloud has its inner disk at the ecliptic from the Kuiper belt. It is believed to be the source of most or all comets entering the inner solar system (some short-period comets may come from the Kuiper belt), based on observations of the orbits of comets. The Oort cloud is believed to be a remnant of the original nebula that collapsed to form the Sun and planets five billion years ago, and is loosely bound to the solar system.

  Oort Objects are also known as Detached Objects, Extended Scattered Disk Objects (E-SDO), Distant Detached Objects (DDO) or Scattered-Extended. These are bodies with a perihelion too far away from Neptune to be significantly influenced by it, and so appear to be "detached" from the solar system. Eight other bodies have so far been placed in this classification, but only Sedna so far has been named. Sedna is most likely the largest of these, and the one that goes out the farthest. The other bodies are:
  

  • 148209 (2000 CR105)
  • 48639 (1995 TL8)
  • 82075 (2000 YW134)
  • 2003 FZ129
  • 2003 QK91
  • 2003 UY291
  • 2004 XR190
  • 145480 (2005 TB190)

  Sedna

  . D . B Sedna, minor planet #90377, is totally amazing. Its orbit (76 AU at perihelion, 928 AU at aphelion), have led some to speculate that it is the planet Nibiru spoken of by author Zechariah Sitchen. It may belong to an "inner" Oort cloud.

  If Sedna indeed belongs to the Oort cloud, this may mean that the Oort cloud is both denser and closer to the Sun than previously thought. This has been proposed as possible evidence that the Sun initially formed as part of a dense cluster of stars; with closer neighbors during Oort cloud formation, objects ejected by gas giants would have their orbits circularized closer to the Sun than was predicted for situations with more distant neighbors.

  We don't know the size yet, because it is too far out to be able to deduce. But its diameter should be approximately 995 miles. One thing they can tell us is that it is red in color and very shiny. It is said to be the reddest object in the Solar System after the planet Mars.

  Sedna was discovered by Mike Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz on Nov. 14, 2003. (There's that Rabinowitz guy again!) The discovery was announced on March 15, 2004, and was originally designated 2003 VB12.

  Its discovery was the farthest distance at which any natural object in solar system has ever been observed. And...are you ready for this? Sedna's orbit takes about 10,706 years!!!!

  Sedna was named after the mythical Inuit goddess of the sea. It is said she was thrown into very cold Arctic waters by her father. Naming the faraway body Sedna seemed appropriate to its discoverers as the planetoid may be the coldest object in the Solar System.

  The Inuit are an aboriginal people on Earth living on fish and animals in northern Canada above the tree line in the Northwest Territories, and in Northern Quebec and Labrador.

  In Inuit mythology, Sedna is a sea goddess and master of the animals, especially mammals such as seals, of the ocean. She lives in and rules over Adlivun, the Inuit underworld.

  According to one myth, Sedna, similar to a mermaid, was the daughter of the creator-god Anguta and his wife. She is said to have been so huge and hungry that she ate everything in her parents' home, and even gnawed off one of her father's arms as he slept. According to some versions of the myth, she took a dog for her husband.

  Anguta was so angry that he threw her over the side of his canoe. She clung to its sides, whereupon he chopped her fingers off one by one until she let go. She sank to the underworld, becoming the queen of the monsters of the deep, and her huge fingers became the seals, sea-lions and whales hunted by the Inuit.

  Other tales assert that Sedna was a beautiful and chaste maiden who was innocently lured into marriage by an evil bird spirit. When her father tried to rescue her, the spirit became angry and caused a terrible storm which threatened the very survival of her people. In desperation, Sedna's father threw her into the raging sea.

  The varying legends each give different rationales for her death at the hands of her father. Sometimes she is the innocent victim, and sometimes she appears to deserve death as punishment for greed or some other evil. But all tales agree that she descended into the depths of the ocean and became the Goddess of Sea Creatures. As such she became a vital deity, eagerly worshipped by hunters who depended on her goodwill to supply food.

  At its discovery, Sedna was at 17 Tau 58 R
  And when it was announced to the world, its postion was 17 Tau 40

  Check out these other pages for more insight into Sedna:

  Kim Falconer's page, Discover The Astrology Of Sedna

  Nick Anthony Firenza's Sedna page

  Mark Andrew Holmes' Sedna page: markandrewholmes.com/sedna.html

  Richard Brown's Sedna page

  And if you go on the Astrology Now website, you can download a copy of Barbara Schermer's article, Sedna: Goddess For Our Time

  Here is an ephemeris for 2008-2010, every 10 days, at 0 hrs UT:

  					
  DATE	       …	LONG	      ….	LAT
  Jan 1 2008		19°Ta51'03'' R		-11°59'02''
  Jan 11 2008		19°Ta47'58''		-11°57'53''
  Jan 21 2008		19°Ta45'56''		-11°56'37''
  Jan 31 2008		19°Ta45'02''		-11°55'17''
  Feb 10 2008		19°Ta45'21'' D		-11°53'54''
  Feb 20 2008		19°Ta46'52''		-11°52'31''
  Mar 1 2008		19°Ta49'33''		-11°51'12''
  Mar 11 2008		19°Ta53'20''		-11°49'57''
  Mar 21 2008		19°Ta58'08''		-11°48'50''
  Mar 31 2008		20°Ta03'49''		-11°47'52''
  Apr 10 2008		20°Ta10'13''		-11°47'05''
  Apr 20 2008		20°Ta17'13''		-11°46'30''
  Apr 30 2008		20°Ta24'36''		-11°46'08''
  May 10 2008		20°Ta32'12''		-11°45'59''
  May 20 2008		20°Ta39'49''		-11°46'03''
  May 30 2008		20°Ta47'18''		-11°46'21''
  Jun 9 2008		20°Ta54'27''		-11°46'52''
  Jun 19 2008		21°Ta01'05''		-11°47'34''
  Jun 29 2008		21°Ta07'04''		-11°48'28''
  Jul 9 2008		21°Ta12'15''		-11°49'31''
  Jul 19 2008		21°Ta16'31''		-11°50'41''
  Jul 29 2008		21°Ta19'46''		-11°51'58''
  Aug 8 2008		21°Ta21'56''		-11°53'19''
  Aug 18 2008		21°Ta22'58''		-11°54'41''
  Aug 28 2008		21°Ta22'51'' R		-11°56'03''
  Sep 7 2008		21°Ta21'35''		-11°57'22''
  Sep 17 2008		21°Ta19'15''		-11°58'36''
  Sep 27 2008		21°Ta15'55''		-11°59'42''
  Oct 7 2008		21°Ta11'42''		-12°00'39''
  Oct 17 2008		21°Ta06'45''		-12°01'24''
  Oct 27 2008		21°Ta01'14''		-12°01'56''
  Nov 6 2008		20°Ta55'21''		-12°02'14''
  Nov 16 2008		20°Ta49'19''		-12°02'17''
  Nov 26 2008		20°Ta43'19''		-12°02'06''
  Dec 6 2008		20°Ta37'37''		-12°01'39''
  Dec 16 2008		20°Ta32'25''		-12°00'59''
  Dec 26 2008		20°Ta27'53''		-12°00'06''
  Jan 5 2009		20°Ta24'13''		-11°59'02''
  Jan 15 2009		20°Ta21'33''		-11°57'49''
  Jan 25 2009		20°Ta19'59''		-11°56'31''
  Feb 4 2009		20°Ta19'36'' D		-11°55'08''
  Feb 14 2009		20°Ta20'25''		-11°53'45''
  Feb 24 2009		20°Ta22'27''		-11°52'23''
  Mar 6 2009		20°Ta25'37''		-11°51'05''
  Mar 16 2009		20°Ta29'51''		-11°49'53''
  Mar 26 2009		20°Ta35'03''		-11°48'49''
  Apr 5 2009		20°Ta41'05''		-11°47'55''
  Apr 15 2009		20°Ta47'47''		-11°47'13''
  Apr 25 2009		20°Ta54'59''		-11°46'43''
  May 5 2009		21°Ta02'31''		-11°46'26''
  May 15 2009		21°Ta10'11''		-11°46'22''
  May 25 2009		21°Ta17'48''		-11°46'32''
  Jun 4 2009		21°Ta25'11''		-11°46'55''
  Jun 14 2009		21°Ta32'10''		-11°47'31''
  Jun 24 2009		21°Ta38'35''		-11°48'18''
  Jul 4 2009		21°Ta44'16''		-11°49'16''
  Jul 14 2009		21°Ta49'06''		-11°50'22''
  Jul 24 2009		21°Ta52'59''		-11°51'36''
  Aug 3 2009		21°Ta55'48''		-11°52'55''
  Aug 13 2009		21°Ta57'30''		-11°54'17''
  Aug 23 2009		21°Ta58'03'' R		-11°55'40''
  Sep 2 2009		21°Ta57'28''		-11°57'01''
  Sep 12 2009		21°Ta55'45''		-11°58'18''
  Sep 22 2009		21°Ta52'58''		-11°59'29''
  Oct 2 2009		21°Ta49'15''		-12°00'32''
  Oct 12 2009		21°Ta44'42''		-12°01'24''
  Oct 22 2009		21°Ta39'28''		-12°02'04''
  Nov 1 2009		21°Ta33'45''		-12°02'31''
  Nov 11 2009		21°Ta27'46''		-12°02'42''
  Nov 21 2009		21°Ta21'42''		-12°02'39''
  Dec 1 2009		21°Ta15'47''		-12°02'21''
  Dec 11 2009		21°Ta10'15''		-12°01'48''
  Dec 21 2009		21°Ta05'18''		-12°01'02''
  Dec 31 2009		21°Ta01'06''		-12°00'04''
  Jan 10 2010		20°Ta57'49''		-11°58'56''
  Jan 20 2010		20°Ta55'36''		-11°57'40''
  Jan 30 2010		20°Ta54'32''		-11°56'19''
  Feb 9 2010		20°Ta54'39'' D		-11°54'56''
  Feb 19 2010		20°Ta55'59''		-11°53'32''
  Mar 1 2010		20°Ta58'30''		-11°52'11''
  Mar 11 2010		21°Ta02'09''		-11°50'55''
  Mar 21 2010		21°Ta06'49''		-11°49'45''
  Mar 31 2010		21°Ta12'24''		-11°48'45''
  Apr 10 2010		21°Ta18'46''		-11°47'56''
  Apr 20 2010		21°Ta25'44''		-11°47'18''
  Apr 30 2010		21°Ta33'07''		-11°46'53''
  May 10 2010		21°Ta40'45''		-11°46'42''
  May 20 2010		21°Ta48'27''		-11°46'44''
  May 30 2010		21°Ta56'01''		-11°46'59''
  Jun 9 2010		22°Ta03'17''		-11°47'28''
  Jun 19 2010		22°Ta10'05''		-11°48'08''
  Jun 29 2010		22°Ta16'14''		-11°49'00''
  Jul 9 2010		22°Ta21'36''		-11°50'02''
  Jul 19 2010		22°Ta26'05''		-11°51'12''
  Jul 29 2010		22°Ta29'32''		-11°52'28''
  Aug 8 2010		22°Ta31'55''		-11°53'49''
  Aug 18 2010		22°Ta33'09''		-11°55'12''
  Aug 28 2010		22°Ta33'14'' R		-11°56'34''
  Sep 7 2010		22°Ta32'10''		-11°57'54''
  Sep 17 2010		22°Ta30'00''		-11°59'10''
  Sep 27 2010		22°Ta26'48''		-12°00'17''
  Oct 7 2010		22°Ta22'42''		-12°01'16''
  Oct 17 2010		22°Ta17'50''		-12°02'04''
  Oct 27 2010		22°Ta12'22''		-12°02'38''
  Nov 6 2010		22°Ta06'30''		-12°02'58''
  Nov 16 2010		22°Ta00'26''		-12°03'04''
  Nov 26 2010		21°Ta54'23''		-12°02'54''
  Dec 6 2010		21°Ta48'35''		-12°02'30''
  Dec 16 2010		21°Ta43'14''		-12°01'51''
  Dec 26 2010		21°Ta38'34''		-12°00'59''
  

  ---------- NOTE: Symbols above followed by a D are given here with permission of the designer, Denis Moskowitz. Check out his website at suberic.net/~dmm/graphics/astro/tno.html

  The Sedna symbol followed by a B was designed by Bryan Trussler.

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