The Eros Fountain With Anteros on the top
"A second casting in aluminium of the famous Piccadilly Circus fountain was commissioned by George Audley, and unveiled in 1932. According to Gilbert himself, the figure above the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain is not that of Eros, but of his twin Anteros, "the god of selfless, philanthropic love" (Cavanagh 195). Terry Cavanagh writes: "Gilbert has here taken full advantage of the lightness and tensile strength of aluminium — such an extreme displacement of the figure's centre of gravity could not have been sustained” by one slender ankle had bronze been used" (195). The figure was modelled” by one of Gilbert's young studio assistants, Angelo Colorossi, who was also used” by other artists of Gilbert's time.
The first casting of Eros was controversial, both because of its subject and its material: it seemed an unsuitable memorial to the great reformer (see "Eros"), and it was the first time for aluminium to be used in Britain for an important public monument like this. Evidently, the controversy had blown over” by Audley's time. Instead of faring better than the original in its lovely natural setting, the second casting suffered more from vandalism and neglect. The bronze base has now been restored, and a replica figure fitted, the two being having been reunited in the park in the autumn of 2008 (for the news item and video clip on this, see offsite here. The original second casting, gleaming after having been cleaned and repaired, is now on display at Liverpool's unique National Conservation Centre."
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Asteroid 1943 Anteros
1943 Anteros, provisional designation 1973 EC, is a spheroidal, rare-type asteroid and near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 13 March 1973, by American astronomer James Gibson at the Leoncito Astronomical Complex in Argentina, and named for the Greek god Anteros
Orbit and classification
Anteros is an Amor asteroid, which approach the orbit of Earth from beyond but do not cross it. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.1–1.8 AU once every 1 year and 9 months (625 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic.
The near-Earth object has an Earth minimum orbit intersection distance of 0.0630 AU (9,420,000 km) or 24.5 lunar distances, which is slightly above the defined limit of 0.05 AU for potentially hazardous objects.
The body's observation arc begins 3 days prior to its official discovery observation in 1973, as a 1968-precovery from Palomar remained unused.
Physical characteristics
In the Tholen classification, Anteros is a common S-type asteroid, while in the SMASS taxonomy, it is a relatively rare L-type asteroid, described as a reddish but otherwise featureless stony asteroid. It has also been characterized as a Sq subtype, which transitions to the Q-type asteroids.
Rotation period
Several rotational lightcurves of Anteros were obtained from photometric observations by Brian Warner, Petr Pravec, the Palomar Transient Factory and others since the 1980s. One of the best-rated and most recent lightcurves was obtained at the Palmer Divide Station (716) in December 2013, and gave a rotation period of 2.867 hours with a brightness variation of 0.1 magnitude, which indicates that Anteros has a nearly spheroidal shape (U=3).
Diameter and albedo
According to the EXPLORENEOs survey carried out by the Spitzer Space Telescope, Anteros measures between 2.38 and 2.43 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo of 0.138 to 0.170. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.18 and derives a diameter of 2.0 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 15.89.
Naming
This minor planet was named after the Greek god Anteros, avenger of unrequited love and punisher of those who scorn love and the advances of others. The asteroid's name may have been chosen because its orbit is similar to the asteroid 433 Eros, and in Greek mythology, Anteros was said to be the twin brother of Eros. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 October 1977 (M.P.C. 4237)."
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