#asteroid 30

After a nice relaxing weekend, I'm back with another muse post. This muse is probably the most relevant muse for anyone reading this blog though as I am slowly making my way through them. I am going to try to have the rest of the muses finished by the end of the week, before going on to talk about other topics next week. Hope you enjoy.

Urania is a goddess in Greek (and later Roman) mythology, described as one of the nine muses. She is the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne and the mother of Hymenaios by most likely Apollo - if my research into these goddesses has taught me anything, it is usually Apollo. Urania is regarded as the Muse of Astrology (which also used to include Astronomy) and later on the Muse of Christian Poetry. Urania is mostly portrayed as wielding a globe and a rod in her hands. Many observatories across the world are named after her.

The asteroid Urania was discovered by John Russell Hind on the 22nd of July, 1854 in London, England and was Hind's last discovery. It's symbol is an upside-down V with a circular line between it, which has something to do with navigation if I remember correctly but I don't know what and for some reason no website can tell me what the symbol is supposed to be. The asteroid takes roughly 1,330 days to travel around the zodiac, spending roughly 111 days in each sign.