Apollo & the 1862 Apollo Asteroid - Lisbon, Portugal
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N 38° 42.875 W 009° 08.379
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The Teatro Nacional de D. Maria II which was constructed between 1842 and 1846. Apollo and the Muses are represented on its frieze.
Waymark Code: WMKRD5
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 05/21/2014
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The frieze of the Teatro Nacional de D. Maria II depicts a man and several women lounging in classical Greek style. The central figure portrays a man seated and playing a lyre while there are four women on one side and three women with an angel on the other. Two of the women also play lyres while one holds a horn.
Unfortunately the title, date or artist are unknown the the poster of this Waymark.
Wikipedia's article on the Theatre identifies the figures as Apollo and the Muses. (
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Apollo is the son of Zeus and the Greek and Roman "...god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry." (
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As for the asteroid Wikipedia (
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"1862 Apollo ...is a Q-type asteroid, discovered by Karl Reinmuth in 1932, but lost and not recovered until 1973. It is named after the Greek god Apollo.
It is the namesake of the Apollo asteroids, and the first one discovered, although because it was lost for a time its asteroid number (1862) is higher than that of some other Apollo asteroids such as 1566 Icarus. Analysis of the spin of this object provided observational evidence of the YORP effect.
It was the first asteroid recognized to cross Earth's orbit. It is also a Venus- and Mars-crosser asteroid."