Okyrhoe
52872 Okyrhoe is a centaur orbiting in the outer Solar System between Jupiter and Saturn. It was discovered on 19 September 1998 and named after Okyrhoe, from Greek mythology.
Climate protesters paralyze Sydney. Photo: BlockadeAus
Dozens of climate change protesters have disrupted Monday morning rush hour traffic in Sydney, Australia. Despite multiple arrests, the 'Blockade Australia' group vowed to continue their action throughout the entire week.
Pallas (political activism (Sydney's CBD has been taken over by climate protesters)) sextile Okyrhoe (chanting, affirming, drumming (establishes cadence)) square Saturn (law (eleven arrested under a new law targeting 'anarchist protesters')). Mercury (transport (dozens of climate change protesters have disrupted Monday morning rush hour traffic in Sydney)) opposite Great Attractor.
One woman was arrested after she chained herself to the steering wheel of her vehicle and blocked the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, police confirmed. At least ten more people were reportedly arrested elsewhere as the protesters marched through the city, followed by police.
Too fat to fly? Cat owner tricks airline with feline BODY DOUBLE after 10-kg pet denied boarding. Viktor the cat and his owner Mikhail. Facebook / Mikhail Galin
A Russian cat owner was forced to resort to spy movie-style tricks when his beloved (and well-fed) pet was deemed too fat to go on board a plane. The op involved a network of conspirators, social media and an actual cat double.
Mercury (transportation, travel, trickster) square Okyrhoe (prophecies of doom (scaredy cat could not survive eight hours in the luggage compartment and his terrible end "would be the stuff of nightmares for the rest of your life")) square Sila-Nunam (regard for land animals).
The inseparable human-feline duo were set to fly from Riga to Vladivostok, with a stopover in Moscow. The first leg of the trip was fairly uneventful, save for a bit of plane sickness on Viktor's part, which left Galin "covering his ears and wiping drool" from the pet's face for the duration.
It was at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport where things started to look really bleak, however. Galin was unlucky enough to encounter "the most responsible employee at the airport" who insisted on weighing and checking his baggage with a tape measure - and of course, weighing Viktor in his carrier bag.
Scared dog forces emergency landing after opening luggage compartment mid-flight.
A passenger jet was reportedly forced to make an emergency landing in Moscow after a small dog, which somehow opened the luggage compartment from the inside, triggered an alarm onboard.
Okyrhoe (whining or whingeing) opposite Sila-Nunam (regard for animals (the scared animal apparently got out and went at it tooth and nail trying to escape, ignorant of the kilometers that separated it from the ground)).
It was revealed that the opening of the luggage compartment hatch was caused by a small dog whose cage wasn't properly locked. The scared animal apparently got out and went at it tooth and nail trying to escape, ignorant of the kilometers that separated it from the ground.
The persistent pooch "tore the inner lining of the luggage compartment and somehow provoked the opening of its front half-door," the source told Interfax.
Cuellar examines cacti with parabiologists Alejandro Arambizaand (left) and Joaquin Barrientos near Yapiroa, Bolivia. Photograph by Thierry Grobet, Rolex Awards
Erika Cuellar taps local talent in her efforts to conserve South America's Gran Chaco, one of the planet's largest unknown wilderness areas.
Mercury (education, scientific) trine Okyrhoe (promotes principles of discernment and conscious life skills (dedication to protecting the Gran Chaco, which is under increasing threat from deforestation, large-scale farming, and cattle ranches)) square Quaoar (creative, inspiring, possibility oriented (the first object in space to bear a Native American name)) square Galactic Center.
Biologist Erika Cuellar makes a great field general-and recruiter-for conservation.
During more than a decade of scientific research in South America's Gran Chaco, the massive tropical dry forest that spreads over parts of Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil, Cuellar enlisted local villagers and indigenous people to help navigate and better understand one of the planet's largest unknown wilderness areas, home to over 4,000 animal, bird, and plant species.
Discovery
1998 SG35/52872 Okyrhoe is a centaur orbiting in the outer Solar System between Jupiter and Saturn. It was discovered on 19 September 1998, by the Spacewatch survey at Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona, United States, and named after Ocyrhoe from Greek mythology.
Of objects listed as a centaur by the Minor Planet Center (MPC), JPL and the Deep Ecliptic Survey (DES), Okyrhoe has the second smallest perihelion distance of a numbered centaur. Numbered centaur (315898) 2008 QD4 has a smaller perihelion distance.
Ocyrhoe was a daughter of Chiron and Chariclo. Ocyrhoe was transformed into a horse because she told her father Chiron his exact fate. She revealed that he would forsake his immortality to be spared the agonizing pain of a serpent's poison. For this transgression, Ocyrhoe's ability to speak was taken.
