Tuesday, 12 May 2009

How to use 'NASA HORIZONS Ephemeris' for objects, centaurs and asteroids that are not numbered

The 'NASA HORIZONS Ephemeris' gives the zodiac position in the basis horoscope for objects that are not numbered:



1. Select 'Target Body', typing the body name without spaces, like '1994TA'


2. Change the 'Time Span', adding the time in 24 hour format.


3. Select 'Table Settings'. Removes all the check boxes selected and adds the '31' ('Observer ecliptic lon. & Lat.) to get the longitude and latitude. Optionally add the box '2' ('Apparent RA & DEC') to obtain the right ascension and declination as well.


4. 'Generate Ephemeris'.

Example:
 2009-May-12 17:04      81.1065564  -4.2626825
 2009-May-13 17:04      81.1548190  -4.2605865
 2009-May-14 17:04      81.2034023  -4.2585392
 2009-May-15 17:04      81.2522938  -4.2565409
 2009-May-16 17:04      81.3014822  -4.2545920
 2009-May-17 17:04      81.3509576  -4.2526927 
In this example, the result for the object 1994 TA at 2009-05-12 17:04, is 81.1065564 (in relation to 0º Aries), which means that 1994 TA is at 21º06' Gemini:
 
♈ = 0º; ♉ = 30º; ♊ = 60º; ♋ = 90º; ♌ = 120º; ♍ = 150º; ♎ = 180º; ♏ = 210º; ♐ = 240º; ♑ = 270º; ♒ = 300º; ♓ = 330º. 
 
  • 81º is between 60º and 90º => Gemini sign
  • 81º - 60º = 21º degrees
  • 0.1065564 x 60 = 6' minutes.
 
When the orbit is well known, the object is finally assigned to a permanet number and we can use 'Serennu Ephemeris' or 'True-Node Ephemeris'.

Saturday, 2 May 2009

Emotional intelligence of scattered disc objects

When the bestseller "Emotional Intelligence" (Daniel Goleman, 1995) was published, the astronomical "eye" was pointed towards the first SDO discovered (1995 TL8).

The first name assigned to a SDO was Eris, a deity with high social intelligence (Eris selfknowledge allows to make the right choice).


Elements of emotional intelligence and its application in real life. Goleman notes that the problem is not the emotions per se, but their appropriate use in given situations. He quotes Aristotle: 'Anyone can become angry - that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - this is not easy.'

"Timson Cride" (1995)

Wednesday, 23 July 2008

Twotinos, a powerful separation of a duality

Twotinos are 1:2 resonant scattered or Kuiper belt objects. The first towtino to be discovered was (20161) 1996 TR66.

Jessica Alba says about her role in the movie "Awake" (2007): "I play somebody who has two completely different sides to them selves. And she is badeling with the dimons of being extremely one person and extremly another and if this two people are connected to each other at all. Is a little bit like Mr Jeckill and Mr Hide."

While Centaurs have a perfect integration of two qualities and can express them at the same time, twotinos have a powerful separation of a duality (like the yin-yang symbol) and only can be expressed in sequence, but not at the same time. That means that twotinos have the ability to hide a subpersonality or life style like double agents. An example in Greek mythology can be the Trojan Horse, or Odysseus (Ulysses) infiltration in its own house after the Troja War.


Interesting movies about twotinos:
 

Prediscovery image of 1998 SM165 back to October of 1982:
"Dark Crystal" (1982), "E.T." (1982), James Cameron 'Terminator' concept (1982)


1996 TR66 (October):
"Primal Fear" (1996), "Mission: Impossible" (1996), "Case Closed" (1994, 1996).

1998 SM165 (September):
"Mulan" (Disney, 1998), "You've Got Mail" (1998), "The prince of Egypt" (1998)

2000 AF255 (January);
2000 QL251
(August):
"The Contender" (2000), "Family Man" (2000), "What Lies Beneath" (2000), "Sliding Doors" (1997), "Coyote Ugly" (2000)

2001 UP18 (October); 

Moon of 1998 SM165 discovered in December of 2001; 
prediscovery image of 2002 WC19 and 2005 CA79 back to 2001:
"K-Pax" (2001), "Fast & Furious" (2001), "Spy Game" (2001), "Miss Congeniality" (2000)

2002 WC19 (November):
"Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002), "The Rain Children" (2003)

2004 TV357 (October):

"Taking lives" (2004)
, "The Incredibles" (2004)


2005 CA79 (February):
"The Island" (2005), "The Interpreter" (2005)


Moon of 2000 QL251 discovered in July of 2006; 
Moon of 2002 WC19 discovered in November of 2006:
 "The Departed" (2006), "Déjà Vu" (2006), "H2O, Just Add Water" (Season 1, 2006), "The Lake House" (2006); "Hannan Montana - Pop Star" (2006)
 

Moon of 2002 WC19 reported in February of 2007:
"H2O, Just Add Water" (Season 2, 2007)

2008 SO266 (September):
"Twilight" (2008), "Handcook" (2008), "Hulk" (2008), "Iron Man" (2008), "Street Kings" (2008), "Coraline" (2009)
, "The Duchess" (2008), "Awake" (2007) 


Range of twotinos:

Scattered disc objects with low aphelion and Neptune at the perihelion:  
  • 1996 TR66 (28.7 - 66.9 AU)
  • 1998 SM165 (29.9 - 65.2 AU)

Scattered disc objects with low aphelion and 35 AU at the perihelion: 
  • 2004 TV357 (34.5 - 61.6 AU) 
  • 2002 WC19 (35.2 - 60.1 AU) 

Scattered disc objects with low aphelion:  
  • 2000 AF255 (36.6 - 60.7 AU)
  • 2000 QL251 (37.5 - 58.7 AU)
  • 2005 CA79 (37.1 - 58.7 AU)

Kuiper belt objects with 50 AU at the aphelion:  
  • 2001 UP18 (44.6 - 51.4 AU)

Kuiper belt objects with Neptune at the perihelion:
  • 2008 SO266 (30.0 - 49.3 AU)

Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Social intelligence and 'high artificial intelligence' combination

In a game of chess there is a board with 8x8 and 16x2 pieces, low artificial intelligence is needed to play this game. But when we take in consideration all countries in the real word, with so many people, we need what I call 'high artificial intelligence'. That quality is typical of all the classical Kuiper belt object.

When this 'high artificial intelligence' is applied to emotions and human relations, like in the whole "Troya war" events or "the affair of the necklace", we have to look at the scattered disc objects that have the perihelion in the core of the Kuiper belt, where Eris belongs.

There is a good example of Eris SDO's quality in the movie "Sinbad - The Legend of the Seven Seas" (Dream Works, 2003):

SINBAD: "Well, I see you're busy, so listen, we'll just take the Book of Peace and get out of your way."
ERIS: "(Chuckles) What makes you think I have it?"
SINBAD: "Uh, well, you framed for the theft, so they whould execute me."
ERIS: "You?"
SINBAD: "Yeah."
ERIS: "?"
SINBAD: "No. Proteus! You knew he would take my place."
ERIS: "(Chuckles) What a clever little man you are."
SINBAD: "You thought I'd run. Then Proteus would die, and Syracuse would be..."
ERIS: "Left without the next rightful king, and tumble into glorious chaos. You humans are so predictable. Proteus couln't help being ever so noble, and you couldn't help betraying him."

New planets are calling for new words to describe them.

Thursday, 6 September 2007

Flowers of the inner Oort cloud

"In 1932, the astronomer Ernst Öpik postulated that long-period comets originated in an orbiting cloud at the outermost edge of the Solar System. In 1950, the idea was independently revived by the astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort as a means to resolve a paradox: over the course of the Solar System's existence, the orbits of comets are unstable; eventually, dynamics dictate that a comet must either collide with the Sun or a planet, or else be ejected from the Solar System by planetary perturbations. Moreover, their volatile composition means that as they repeatedly approach the Sun, radiation gradually boils the volatiles off until the comet splits or develops an insulating crust that prevents further outgassing. Thus, reasoned Oort, a comet could not have formed on its current orbit, and must have been held in an outer reservoir for almost all of its existence." (Wikipedia)

Walt Disney had a strong connection with the Oort cloud: Mickie Mouse was created in 1928 and Disneyland park was opened in California in 1955.

The main "inner Oort cloud" model was proposed in 1981 by astronomer J.G. Hills. Sedna is the most important inner Oort cloud object (discovered in 2003), while (148209) 2000 CR105 and (87269) 2000 OO67 where the first to be discovered.

The main quality of the inner Oort cloud objects is emotions and spiritual feelings that are coherent with the will and values of the Soul (Higher Self), like Tais (the girl with psychic powers) in the TV cartoons "Ulisses 31" (1980).

I like the symbolism of the Artic Ocean (Sedna), but also the essence of flowers or paradise beaches.

"Flower" (PS3, 2009)


Music with IOCO cuality:

Instrumental:
"Infinity" (Guru Josh)
"Played-a-live" (Safri Duo).

Vocal:
"Desvío al paraíso" (Andermay)
"Azul" (Cristian Castro)
"Dream to me" (Dario G)

Vocal (singing in whisper with high tone):
"Walking on Clouds" (DJ Tiesto), "Just Be" (DJ Tiesto), "Paul Oakenfold - Delerium - The Silence 2000 (DJ Tiesto remix)", "Ya Soshla S Uma" (Tatu), and "Nas ne dogonjat" (Tatu).

In the Thirties, during the hypothetization of the existence of the Oort cloud, appeared the musical style Blues ("Long How Long Blues", Jed Davenport). In the fifties, when the second hypothetization of the Oort cloud was overstriked with the hypothetization of the Kuiper belt, this combination resulted in the musical sytle Rock & Roll ("Roll Over Beethoven" Chuck Berry), were the vocal melody (IOCO) was boosted with a strong rhythm basis (KBO). 

Saturday, 11 August 2007

Naming of twotinos (1:2 resonance with Neptune)

Pluto, Chiron, Varuna, Sedna and Eris: they are the first names in its own category (plutino, centaur, classical Kuiper belt object, inner Oort cloud object and scattered disk object). 

Which will be the first name to be assigned to a twotino (1:2 resonance with Neptune)?