Victoria (Victory) and Asteroid 12 Victoria - Knottingley, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 42.599 W 001° 14.629
30U E 615910 N 5952687
This World War I war memorial is in the form of a column surmounted by an allegorical figure of Victory (Roman God Victoria) stands in front of
St. Botolph's Church.
Waymark Code: WM14DXW
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/20/2021
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The figure of Victory
The monument comprises of an allegorical statue of a winged Victory standing on an orb with both hands outstretched holding a trumpet and a laurel wreath. It stands on a 4.5 meter high shaft which in turn is on top of a 1.5 meter base.
In Roman times Victoria was often worshipped by triumphant generals returning from war and hence can quite often be found on United Kingdom war memorials.
The Asteroid
The asteroid was discovered on September 13th 1850 by J.R. Hind of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London.
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He chose the name during the reign of Queen Victoria, but it was felt to be inappropriate to have the asteroid named after a living monarch.
However W. C. Bond, of the Harvard College Observatory held that the mythological condition was fulfilled and the name stayed as it was.
It has a diameter of 112.77 km, an orbital speed of 9.5 km/s and an orbital period of 3.57 Julian Years. It is the joint 117th largest known asteroid.