gwendolyn davidson · @northanger
13th Dec 2010 from Twitlonger
Fibonacci Retracement Levels on the Four Main US Equity Indexes - Corey Rosenbloom
http://www.greenfaucet.com/technical-analysis/fibonacci-retracement-levels-on-the-four-main-us-equity-indexes/60155
DOW JONES:
(11246) Orvillewright 61.8%: 11,245.95
(10334) Gibbon 50.0%: 10,334.03
(9422) 1996 AO2 38.2%: 9,422.10
(6470) Aldrin 0.00%: 6,469.95
• 11246 Orvillewright (4250 T-3) :: Main-belt Asteroid Discovered 1977 Oct. 16 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels. As the pilot of the Wright Flyer 1 in a 12-second flight on 1903 Dec. 17, Orville Wright (1871-1948) is generally credited, with the assistance of his brother, as being the first pilot of a heavier-than-air flying machine.
• 10334 Gibbon (1991 PG5) :: Main-belt Asteroid Discovered 1991 Aug. 3 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory. British historian Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), celebrated for his six-volume work The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1789), attributed the fall of the Roman Empire to the loss of civil virtue among its citizens.
• 9422 (1996 AO2) :: Main-belt Asteroid Discovered 1996-Jan-13 by Kobayashi, T. at Oizumi (411)
• 6470 Aldrin (1982 RO1) :: Main-belt Asteroid Discovered 1982-Sep-14 by Mrkos, A. at Klet. Named in honor of Edwin Eugene (Buzz) Aldrin Jr. (1930- ), U.S. astronaut, the second man to set foot on the moon. In 1966 he made a record 5.5-hour spacewalk in the course of the Gemini 12 mission. In 1969 he joined Armstrong {see planet (6469)} on the surface of the moon. This minor planet commemorates the thirtieth anniversary of the first manned lunar-landing mission. (M 34623) Name suggested by J. Tich´a, M. Tichy and Z. Moravec, who observed this minor planet at its 1995 opposition, just prior to numbering.
S&P 500:
(1229) Tilia 61.8%: 1,228.74
(1121) Natascha 50.0%: 1,121.44
(1014) Semphyra 38.2%: 1,014.14
(667) Denise 0.00%: 666.79
• 1229 Tilia (1931 TP1) :: Outer Main-belt Asteroid Discovered 1931-Oct-09 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg. Named after a plant (limetree, basswood) from the Tiliaceae family. (H 113) See also the citation for planet (1234) Elyna [The first letters of planets (1227) through (1234) form the name G. Stracke].
• 1121 Natascha (1928 RZ) :: Main-belt Asteroid Discovered 1928-Sep-11 by Shajn, P. at Simeis. Named - as a birthday present - in honor of the hydrogeologist Natasha (Natalia) Tichomirova, daughter of the Simeis astronomer G. N. Neujmin. (N. S. Samojlova-Yakhontova; N. Solovaya; N. S. Chernykh).
• 1014 Semphyra (1924 PW) :: Main-belt Asteroid Discovered 1924-Jan-29 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg. Named after a character in one of the poems of Aleksandr Pushkin {see planet (2208) Pushkin}. (H 97) Name proposed by N. Komendantov (RI 740). [(769) Tatjana, (1012) Sarema, (3242) Bakhchisaraj, (3358) Anikushin, (3523) Arina, (4304) Geichenko, (4466) Abai, (5055) Opekushin, (5385) Kamenka, (5483) Cherkashin, (5615) Iskander, (7996) Vedernikov, (8248) Gurzuf]
• 667 Denise (1908 DN) :: Main-belt Asteroid Discovered 1908-Jul-23 by Kopff, A. at Heidelberg. Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. The naming might be influenced by the two letters of the provisional designation 1908 DN. See also the remarks to planet (579) Sidonia. [In 1913, the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut insisted to name a number of planets in order to avoid possible errors. F. Cohn (AN 196, 137 (1913)) stated: ”Seit längerer Zeit hat eine regelmässige Benennung der Kleinen Planeten nicht mehr stattgefunden. Die Unbequemlichkeit und Möglichkeit der Verwechselungen... gab den Anlass zu einer an die Entdecker gerichteten Aufforderung, wenigstens die Planeten bis zur Nr. 700 benennen zu wollen. Eine ihnen zugesandte Vorschlagsliste enthielt in üblicher Art weibliche Vornamen, insbesondere aus Mythologie und Geschichte. Nach verschiedenen Abänderungsvorschlägen seitens der Herren Götz, Helffrich, Kopff und Lohnert sind die Namen vereinbart worden ...”. A list of 108 names between (570) and (727) follows. An inspection reveals that, obviously, a lot of names were chosen according to the two letters of the provisional designation assigned to the planets. There is a strong correlation in this way for about 30 planets which demonstrates a statistical significance. The provisional designation for (579) Sidonia was 1905 SD.]
NASDAQ:
(2252) CERGA 61.8%: 2,251,84
(2064) Thomsen 50.0%: 2,063.52
(1875) Neruda 38.2%: 1,875.19
(1266) Tone 0.00%: 1,265.52
• 2252 CERGA :: Main-belt Asteroid Discovered 1978 Nov. 1 by K. Tomita at Caussols. Named for the Centre d´Etudes et de Recherches Geodynamiques et Astronomiques, which operates the 0.9-m Schmidt telescope at Caussols-Cipieres [(8687) Caussols] with which this minor planet was discovered.
• 2064 Thomsen (1942 RQ) :: Mars-crossing Asteroid Discovered 1942-Sep-08 by Oterma, L. at Turku. Named in memory of Ivan Leslie Thomsen (1910-1969), director of the Carter Observatory, Wellington, from 1945 until his appointment as astronomer-in-charge of the Mount John Observatory only two months before his death. He was an enthusiastic coordinator of astronomy in New Zealand, and his efforts eventually led to the minor-planet observing program with the Carter Observatory 41-cm reflector. It was the 1977 rediscovery at the Carter Observatory that allowed this minor planet to be numbered. (M 4421)
• 1875 Neruda (1969 QQ) :: Main-belt Asteroid Discovered 1969-Aug-22 by Kohoutek, L. at Bergedorf. Named in memory of Jan Neruda (1834-1891), Czech lyric poet, novelist and journalist. He published several volumes of poems, notably Cosmic Songs, as well as collections of essays, plays and stories, of which the best known is Stories from Malá Strana. (M 18446)
• 1266 Tone (1927 BD) :: Outer Main-belt Asteroid Discovered 1927-Jan-23 by Oikawa, O. at Tokyo. Independent discovery Jan. 24 by G. Neujmin, Simeis, was announced first. Named for the largest river in Japan. (H 116)
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PERIODIC COMET GRIGG-SKJELLERUP (1977b)
http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03000/03033.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26P/Grigg-Skjellerup
M. P. Candy, Perth Observatory, cables that P. Jekabsons has recovered this comet on plates taken with the 33-cm astrograph, as shown below; the object was diffuse with condensation but no tail. An independent recovery has been reported by A. C. Gilmore [(2537) Gilmore] and P. M. Kilmartin [(3907) Kilmartin] using the 41-cm reflector at the Carter Observatory.
Carter Observatory
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/astronomy/5
by Ivan Leslie Thomsen, F.R.A.S.(LOND.), Director, Carter Observatory, Wellington.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Observatory
Carter Observatory Act 1938: repealed, on 1 June 2010, by section 6 of the Carter Observatory Act Repeal Act 2010 (2010 No 34)
http://www.legislation.co.nz/act/public/1938/0009/latest/DLM224128.html
Carter Observatory Act Repeal Bill
http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Debates/Debates/1/d/6/49HansD_20100526_00001098-Carter-Observatory-Act-Repeal-Bill-In-Committee.htm
(3400) Aotearoa :: 1981 GX. Discovered 1981 Apr. 2 by A. C. Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin at Lake Tekapo. Usually taken to be the Maori name for New Zealand, although originally it referred only to the North Island. Commonly accepted to mean ’Land of the Long White Cloud’, it is attributed to Hine-te-aparangi, wife of the legendary Maori navigator, Kupe. She is said to have called out ’He, ao’ (’A Cloud!’) on sighting land when first arriving in the vicinity of the country, and Kupe used this declaration in naming the new land. The name is therefore particularly appropriate for this minor planet, the first to be discovered from New Zealand. (M 18305)