Pholus
5145 Pholus is an eccentric centaur in the outer Solar System that crosses the orbit of both Saturn and Neptune. It was discovered on 9 January 1992 by American astronomer David Rabinowitz of UA's Spacewatch survey at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, United States. It was named after the centaur Pholus from Greek mythology.
Traditional wine barrel race amuses visitors in Tuscany
Locals and tourists gathered to take part in a historic and iconic 'barrel race' in Montepulciano, Italy, where the participants must roll wine casks around the village in the fastest time possible. The barrels weigh approximately 80 kilograms and must be maneuvered along a route within the town's historic center that spans nearly two kilometers.
Sun (entertainment, play, laughter, sociability) trine Pholus (food, alcohol, celebrations (the town is animated by food and wine stands and various entertainments)).
The first person at the finish line receives the 'Panno del Bravo' award, and this year's edition also commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Italian constitution.
Revelers attending Christ's resurrection ceremony at Analipsi Church, Athens.
Hundreds of Orthodox Christian revellers gathered at Analipsi Church in Athens to celebrate Christ's resurrection on Saturday. Attendees lit candles, threw Molotov cocktails and observed fireworks during the ceremony.
Mars (heat (molotov and fireworks)) sextile Pholus (toasting, blessings and grace, celebrations).
Police officers were also seen arriving on scene. "As you see, it is chaotic now here due to the Molotov and fireworks, but I wish for peace and no war for all the people," said an attendee.
A street food eatery discovered at Pompeii has now been completely excavated, helping to reveal some of the favourite dishes of the citizens of the ancient Roman city.
A street food eatery discovered at Pompeii has now been completely excavated, helping to reveal some of the favourite dishes of the citizens of the ancient Roman city.
Sun (discovered at Pompeii)) conjunct Pholus (food and drink (street food eatery)) opposite Hades (interest in the past-thus history and primitive origins, things that are antique, or deeply buried, ancient art, and other things from the distant past).
The shop is known as a "thermopolium" since it served hot food.
A segment of the fast-food building's counters was discovered in 2019 during work to shore up Pompeii's often-crumbling ruins.
The counter was decorated with paintings of animals, which might provide clues of the ingredients those meals contained. On top of the counter there were holes, where warm food was stored to be served.
Pupils at Isca academy say boys from every year group have been taking part in the uniform protest. Photograph: BBC/Apex
Dozens of pupils at Isca academy in Exeter stage uniform protest after school insists they wear trousers despite heatwave. Some had borrowed from girlfriends, others from sisters. A few had gone the extra mile and shaved their legs.
Sun (authoritative) conjunct Mercury (those with an authoritative power have the tendency to rule others or tell people what to do). Uranus (rebellious, nonconformist) trine Pholus (conscious of choice (when they protested that the girls were allowed bare legs, the school - no doubt joking - said the boys were free to wear skirts too if they chose)). Ceres (children, comfort) conjunct Chaos (goes with the flow, mellow and non-stressed (an estimated 30 boys arrived for lessons, heads held high, in fetching tartan-patterned skirts)).
As the temperature soared past 30C earlier this week, the teenage boys had asked their teachers if they could swap their long trousers for shorts. They were told no - shorts weren't permitted under the school's uniform policy.
When they protested that the girls were allowed bare legs, the school - no doubt joking - said the boys were free to wear skirts too if they chose. So on Wednesday, a handful braved the giggles and did so. The scale of the rebellion increased on Thurday, when at least 30 boys opted for the attire.
Ngaruawahia sandwich gang now feeding close to 1000 children. Jamie Pink, president of Tribal Huk. Photograph by Christel Yardley
The Tribal Huk gang are now feeding close to 1,000 children at Waikato schools on a daily basis. The Ngaruawahia-based group have been feeding hungry school kids for four years and have steadily increased the number of sandwiches they supply.
Mars (enterprise, enthusiasm, initiative) square Pholus (food and drink, nurturing) square Cupido (active in the community, create their own mission to help those less fortunate). Mercury (resourceful, efficient (foundation set up to collect money to purchase food for hungry children)) square Ceres (caring, issues of taking care of people, children, comfort, nourishing, nurturing, nutrition, food).
They now make 925 sandwiches daily, an increase of 525 since August, for schools in Hamilton, Ngaruawahia, Taupiri, Horotiu, Huntly and Rangiriri.
What happens when you pay two monkeys unequally? Watch what happens. An excerpt from the TED Talk "Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals."
The researcher, Frans de Waal, says that if both monkeys are given cucumber, "they're perfectly willing to do this 25 times in a row.") But things change when one monkey is paid more than the other. After seeing his neighbor get a grape for doing the same task, the monkey flat out rejects cucumber.
Uranus (social awareness, scientific (behavioral tests)) trine Okyrhoe (mental attitude programs). Venus (cooperative) & Mercury (researcher, Frans de Waal, says that if both monkeys are given cucumber, "they're perfectly willing to do this 25 times in a row") conjunct Pholus (attentive, conscious of choice) opposite Chaos (+ goes with the flow, mellow and non-stressed, - worked up, paranoid (things change when one monkey is paid more than the other)). Echeclus (swift decision making criteria (after seeing his neighbor get a grape for doing the same task, the monkey flat out rejects cucumber)) trine Pelion (demanding, infantile in work relationships).
Recently, we videotaped it with new monkeys who'd never done the task, thinking that maybe they would have a stronger reaction, and that turned out to be right. The one on the left is the monkey who gets cucumber. The one on the right is the one who gets grapes. The one who gets cucumber — note that the first piece of cucumber is perfectly fine. The first piece she eats. Then she sees the other one getting grape, and you will see what happens. So she gives a rock to us. That's the task. And we give her a piece of cucumber and she eats it. The other one needs to give a rock to us. And that's what she does. And she gets a grape... and eats it. The other one sees that. She gives a rock to us now, gets, again, cucumber.
She tests a rock now against the wall. She needs to give it to us. And she gets cucumber again. (Laughter) So this is basically the Wall Street protest that you see here.
Discovery
1992 AD/5145 Pholus is a centaur in an eccentric orbit, with a perihelion less than Saturn's and aphelion greater than Neptune's. It is believed that Pholus originated in the Kuiper belt.
It was discovered by David L. Rabinowitz, then of the University of Arizona's Spacewatch Project, and named after Pholus, the brother of the mythological Chiron, after which 2060 Chiron was named, in order to follow the tradition of naming this class of outer planet-crossing objects after centaurs.
Pholus was the second centaur to be discovered and was quickly found to be quite red in color, for which it has been occasionally nicknamed "Big Red". The color has been speculated to be due to organic compounds on its surface. Discovery date 9 January 1992.
