Borasisi
66652 Borasisi, or as a binary (66652) Borasisi-Pabu, is a binary classical Kuiper belt object. It was discovered in September 1999 and identified as a binary in 2003. Borasisi is named after a fictional creation deity taken from the novel Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.
North Korea to suspend trash balloon campaign. Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP
North Korea has said it will stop sending so-called trash-balloons to the South, claiming on Sunday that the campaign had achieved its goals.
Mercury (messages (anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker propaganda messages) sextile Borasisi (propaganda (Pyongyang has flown tons of waste into South Korea in response to propaganda leaflets sent north by activists)). Sun (leadership (North Korea's deputy defense minister)) semi-sextile Hades (garbage, sewage, "messy" situations (floated hundreds of balloons carrying bags containing trash)).
South Korea's military said on the same day that North Korea had floated hundreds more balloons carrying bags containing trash ranging from cigarette butts to pieces of cardboard and plastic, and threatened to retaliate.
Hours later, North Korea's deputy defense minister, Kim Kang Il, said his country would "temporarily halt dropping trash over the border." Pyongyang earlier described its "sincere gifts" as retaliation for South Korean activists' years-long practice of floating balloons across the border to drop anti-Pyongyang leaflets.
The Piano Man: Russia's off-key coverage of French protests.
In the unlikeliest of places, they played Kalinka on a piano. That's how the so-called Yellow Vest protesters in France reacted to reports that Russia was inflaming their antigovernment protests, at least according to the Russian state broadcaster Rossia-1 television on December 10.
Moon (incorrect impressions) trine Haumea ("Spin" as in political or media framing of events (the claim that police were in solidarity with the protesters was debunked by several media organizations)). Sun (Russian composer Ivan Larionov) square Borasisi (distortion of data (the Kalinka-overdubbed clip got lots of traction on Russian social media)).
The broadcast then cuts to a video clip showing a man wearing a yellow vest sitting with his back to the camera at a rouge-hued piano on an abandoned roadway, amid a cloud of black smoke. A crowd of onlookers — most, if not all, draped in the protesters' trademark yellow vests — listens, some chronicling the unusual event on their mobile phones.
First-ever political rally in Minecraft draws 12,000, then crashes. Telegram / LDPR
The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (which is often described as neither liberal, democratic or a party) held a campaign rally in Minecraft, one so successful it crashed the server. More than 12,000 people apparently turned up (in Minecraft), where they enjoyed setting off fireworks, looking at an enormous, blocky bust of late party founder Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and reading error messages as the server collapsed. Despite this, the world's first political rally was considered a rousing success.
Sun (entertainment, exuberance (enjoyed setting off fireworks)) conjunct Mercury (mental, expressive (reading error messages as the server collapsed)) trine Thereus (status object (enormous, blocky bust of late party founder Vladimir Zhirinovsky)) conjunct Albion (initiatives, first oriented (the world's first political rally was considered a rousing success)). Pallas (political activism) trine Borasisi (lobbying (held a campaign rally in Minecraft)).
'The LDPR's digital rally has become the most massive demonstration held today in the country. More than 12,000 supporters from all over the world applied to participate in the event!'the party said in a statement. It's not clear how many actually turned up at once though.
The Bat Signal posted on Los Angeles City Hall at the Los Angeles Tribute To Adam West on June 15, 2017. Getty Images / Albert L. Ortega
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a Gotham City emergency alert for Batman villain 'the Joker' was issued in error.
Mars (machismo, male archetype (Missouri authorities)) square Borasisi (sense of authority, quick orders and delegation). Jupiter (respect for law, humour) conjunct Gonggong (super heros ("emergency Alert: Gotham City MO purple/green 1978 Dodge 3700 GT UKIDME," read the alert, which was sent out to Americans in the state of Missouri on Tuesday)).
Missouri authorities accidentally issued an emergency alert for Batman villain the Joker this week, warning that the fictional killer's purple and green car had been spotted in Gotham City.
"Emergency Alert: Gotham City MO purple/green 1978 Dodge 3700 GT UKIDME," read the alert, which was sent out to Americans in the state of Missouri on Tuesday.
Many locals took to social media to express confusion, pointing out that the purple and green Dodge car listed was used by the Joker in the 1989 movie 'Batman', where Hollywood star Jack Nicholson played the iconic villain. The movie is set in the fictional Gotham City.
Viral video of chaos and agitated passengers complaining at Delhi Airport is old. Image credit: Gurdeep Singh
A video which has swept across Indian social media, depicting visibly distraught passengers pleading with airport police to "shoot them," is both old and not what it claims to be as fake news exacerbates coronavirus anxiety.
Chaos (worked up, paranoid, projecting fears (footage began circulating on WhatsApp across India on Wednesday, purporting to show harrowing scenes of beleaguered passengers)) square Borasisi (distortion of data (Delhi airport chaos video is fake news say authorities)).
The footage began circulating on WhatsApp across India on Wednesday, purporting to show harrowing scenes of beleaguered passengers screaming "Shoot us!" and "kill us!" at authorities as they were trapped in the airport.
The fake news even reached the lofty heights of Bollywood as actress Soni Razden shared the video out of apparent concern for her fellow Indian citizens, before deleting the tweet and apologizing.
The Electoral Commission has referred four reports of people stealing voting papers from mailboxes on to the police. MARTIN DE RUYTER
Police are investigating four cases of people claiming to have stolen flag referendum papers out of mailboxes and using them to cast votes.
Sun (willfulness) conjunct Borasisi (distortion of data (intentions to vote using other electors' papers)).
The Electoral Commission said it had received reports of people posting on social media about their intentions to vote using other electors' papers and had referred the people in question to the police.
"It is an offence for a person to complete any voting paper knowing that he or she is not the person intended to receive the voting paper and to return such voting papers under section 59 of the New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015," it said.
Discovery
1999 RZ253/66652 Borasisi is a binary classical Kuiper belt object. It was discovered on September 8, 1999 by Chad Trujillo, Jane X. Luu and David C. Jewitt and identified as a binary in 2003 by K. Noll and colleagues using the Hubble Telescope.
The companion (66652) Borasisi I, named Pabu orbits its primary in 46.2888 +- 0.0018 days on an orbit with semi-major axis of 4528 +- 12 km and eccentricity 0.4700 +- 0.0018. The orbit is inclined with respect to the observer by about 54 degrees meaning that is about 35 degrees from the pole-on position.
The surface of both components of the Borasisi-Pabu system is very red.
Borasisi is named after a fictional creation deity taken from the novel Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. In the book, Borasisi is the Sun and Pabu is the name of the Moon.
Borasisi, the sun, held Pabu, the moon, in his arms and hoped that Pabu would bear him a fiery child. But poor Pabu gave birth to children that were cold, that did not burn... Then poor Pabu herself was cast away, and she went to live with her favorite child, which was Earth.
