120461 Gandhi

Mark Pottenger

10/22/2020


New asteroid name releases from the MPC have been a bit erratic in the last year, with repeats and other glitches that have left me unsure if I might have missed any new names. The latest MPC Update (dated late September but I just saw it a few days ago) has only two new names, but one of them is quite historic.

Asteroid 120461 has been named Gandhi, for Mahatma Gandhi (2 October 1869 - 30 January 1948). Since the namesake Gandhi was known for nonviolence, nationalism, anti-colonialism, civil rights, women’s rights, equality, ethics, asceticism, and much more, and he died by assassination, it will be interesting to see how the asteroid works in charts. (This Wikipedia page is obviously just a little of what is available about him.)

Below are brief ephemerides (with geocentric longitude, latitude, and declination, and heliocentric longitude and latitude) for Gandhi’s birth and death months, and a few months of current transits to cover the 2020 U. S. election through inauguration in 2021.


October 1869 (Gregorian)  0 UT Tropical ephemeris
Dy  Gandhi                            
    LONGIT  LATIT DECLIN  H.LONG H.LAT
 1   6Vi22   1n51  10n54  24Le54  2n25
 2   6  46   1n51  10n45  25Le 7  2n24
 3   7   9   1n50  10n35  25Le19  2n23
 4   7  33   1n49  10n26  25Le32  2n22
 5   7  57   1n49  10n17  25Le45  2n21
 6   8  20   1n48  10n 7  25Le57  2n20
 7   8  44   1n48   9n58  26Le10  2n18
 8   9   7   1n47   9n48  26Le23  2n17
 9   9  31   1n46   9n39  26Le35  2n16
10   9  54   1n46   9n30  26Le48  2n15
11  10  17   1n45   9n20  27Le 1  2n14
12  10  41   1n45   9n11  27Le13  2n13
13  11   4   1n44   9n 2  27Le26  2n12
14  11  27   1n43   8n52  27Le38  2n11
15  11  50   1n43   8n43  27Le51  2n 9
16  12  12   1n42   8n34  28Le 4  2n 8
17  12  35   1n42   8n24  28Le16  2n 7
18  12  58   1n41   8n15  28Le29  2n 6
19  13  21   1n40   8n 6  28Le41  2n 5
20  13  43   1n40   7n56  28Le54  2n 4
21  14   6   1n39   7n47  29Le 6  2n 3
22  14  28   1n38   7n38  29Le19  2n 2
23  14  50   1n38   7n29  29Le31  2n 0
24  15  12   1n37   7n20  29Le44  1n59
25  15  34   1n37   7n11  29Le56  1n58
26  15  56   1n36   7n 1   0Vi 9  1n57
27  16  18   1n35   6n52   0Vi21  1n56
28  16  40   1n35   6n43   0Vi34  1n55
29  17   2   1n34   6n34   0Vi46  1n54
30  17  23   1n33   6n25   0Vi58  1n52
31  17  45   1n33   6n16   1Vi11  1n51

November 1869 (Gregorian)  0 UT Tropical ephemeris
Dy  Gandhi                            
    LONGIT  LATIT DECLIN  H.LONG H.LAT
 1  18Vi 6   1n32   6n 7   1Vi23  1n50
 2  18  28   1n32   5n58   1Vi36  1n49
 3  18  49   1n31   5n49   1Vi48  1n48
 4  19  10   1n30   5n41   2Vi 0  1n47
 5  19  31   1n30   5n32   2Vi13  1n46
 6  19  52   1n29   5n23   2Vi25  1n44
 7  20  12   1n28   5n14   2Vi38  1n43
 8  20  33   1n28   5n 5   2Vi50  1n42
 9  20  54   1n27   4n57   3Vi 2  1n41
10  21  14   1n26   4n48   3Vi15  1n40
11  21  34   1n26   4n40   3Vi27  1n39
12  21  54   1n25   4n31   3Vi39  1n38
13  22  14   1n24   4n22   3Vi51  1n36
14  22  34   1n24   4n14   4Vi 4  1n35
15  22  54   1n23   4n 6   4Vi16  1n34
16  23  13   1n22   3n57   4Vi28  1n33
17  23  33   1n22   3n49   4Vi41  1n32
18  23  52   1n21   3n41   4Vi53  1n31
19  24  11   1n20   3n32   5Vi 5  1n30
20  24  30   1n20   3n24   5Vi17  1n28
21  24  49   1n19   3n16   5Vi30  1n27
22  25   8   1n18   3n 8   5Vi42  1n26
23  25  27   1n18   2n60   5Vi54  1n25
24  25  45   1n17   2n52   6Vi 6  1n24
25  26   3   1n16   2n44   6Vi18  1n23
26  26  21   1n15   2n36   6Vi31  1n22
27  26  39   1n15   2n28   6Vi43  1n20
28  26  57   1n14   2n21   6Vi55  1n19
29  27  15   1n13   2n13   7Vi 7  1n18
30  27  32   1n12   2n 5   7Vi19  1n17

December 1869 (Gregorian)  0 UT Tropical ephemeris
Dy  Gandhi                            
    LONGIT  LATIT DECLIN  H.LONG H.LAT
 1  27Vi49   1n12   1n58   7Vi31  1n16
 2  28   6   1n11   1n50   7Vi44  1n15
 3  28  23   1n10   1n43   7Vi56  1n14
 4  28  40   1n 9   1n36   8Vi 8  1n12
 5  28  56   1n 9   1n28   8Vi20  1n11
 6  29  13   1n 8   1n21   8Vi32  1n10
 7  29  29   1n 7   1n14   8Vi44  1n 9
 8  29  45   1n 6   1n 7   8Vi56  1n 8
 9   0Li 0   1n 5   0n60   9Vi 9  1n 7
10   0  16   1n 5   0n53   9Vi21  1n 5
11   0  31   1n 4   0n46   9Vi33  1n 4
12   0  46   1n 3   0n39   9Vi45  1n 3
13   1   1   1n 2   0n33   9Vi57  1n 2
14   1  16   1n 1   0n26  10Vi 9  1n 1
15   1  30   1n 1   0n20  10Vi21  0n60
16   1  44   0n60   0n13  10Vi33  0n59
17   1  58   0n59   0n 7  10Vi45  0n57
18   2  12   0n58   0n 1  10Vi57  0n56
19   2  25   0n57   0s 6  11Vi 9  0n55
20   2  39   0n56   0s12  11Vi21  0n54
21   2  51   0n55   0s18  11Vi33  0n53
22   3   4   0n54   0s23  11Vi45  0n52
23   3  17   0n53   0s29  11Vi57  0n50
24   3  29   0n52   0s35  12Vi 9  0n49
25   3  41   0n52   0s41  12Vi21  0n48
26   3  52   0n51   0s46  12Vi33  0n47
27   4   4   0n50   0s51  12Vi45  0n46
28   4  15   0n49   0s57  12Vi57  0n45
29   4  26   0n48   1s 2  13Vi 9  0n43
30   4  36   0n47   1s 7  13Vi21  0n42
31   4  47   0n46   1s12  13Vi33  0n41


January 1948 (Gregorian)  0 UT Tropical ephemeris
Dy  Gandhi                            
    LONGIT  LATIT DECLIN  H.LONG H.LAT
 1  26Sa24   3s56  27s19  20Sa49  5s33
 2  26  54   3s56  27s20  21Sa 6  5s33
 3  27  24   3s56  27s21  21Sa22  5s33
 4  27  55   3s56  27s22  21Sa39  5s33
 5  28  25   3s56  27s22  21Sa56  5s33
 6  28  55   3s56  27s23  22Sa13  5s33
 7  29  26   3s57  27s23  22Sa30  5s33
 8  29  56   3s57  27s23  22Sa48  5s33
 9   0Cp26   3s57  27s24  23Sa 5  5s33
10   0  57   3s57  27s24  23Sa22  5s33
11   1  27   3s57  27s23  23Sa39  5s33
12   1  58   3s57  27s23  23Sa56  5s32
13   2  28   3s58  27s23  24Sa13  5s32
14   2  59   3s58  27s22  24Sa31  5s32
15   3  29   3s58  27s22  24Sa48  5s32
16   4   0   3s58  27s21  25Sa 5  5s32
17   4  30   3s58  27s20  25Sa23  5s32
18   5   1   3s58  27s19  25Sa40  5s32
19   5  32   3s59  27s18  25Sa58  5s32
20   6   2   3s59  27s17  26Sa15  5s31
21   6  33   3s59  27s16  26Sa33  5s31
22   7   3   3s59  27s14  26Sa50  5s31
23   7  34   3s59  27s13  27Sa 8  5s31
24   8   5   3s60  27s11  27Sa25  5s31
25   8  35   3s60  27s 9  27Sa43  5s31
26   9   6   3s60  27s 7  28Sa 1  5s30
27   9  37   4s 0  27s 5  28Sa18  5s30
28  10   8   4s 0  27s 3  28Sa36  5s30
29  10  38   4s 0  27s 1  28Sa54  5s30
30  11   9   4s 1  26s58  29Sa12  5s29
31  11  40   4s 1  26s56  29Sa29  5s29


October 2020 (Gregorian)  0 UT Tropical ephemeris
Dy  Gandhi                            
    LONGIT  LATIT DECLIN  H.LONG H.LAT
 1  26Li21   2s45  12s43   3Sc 8  3s43
 2  26  46   2s45  12s53   3  21  3s44
 3  27  11   2s45  13s 2   3  34  3s44
 4  27  36   2s46  13s12   3  46  3s45
 5  28   1   2s46  13s21   3  59  3s46
 6  28  26   2s47  13s31   4  12  3s47
 7  28  52   2s47  13s40   4  24  3s48
 8  29  17   2s48  13s50   4  37  3s49
 9  29  42   2s48  13s59   4  50  3s50
10   0Sc 7   2s49  14s 9   5   2  3s51
11   0  33   2s49  14s18   5  15  3s52
12   0  58   2s50  14s28   5  28  3s52
13   1  24   2s50  14s37   5  41  3s53
14   1  49   2s51  14s46   5  53  3s54
15   2  15   2s51  14s56   6   6  3s55
16   2  40   2s52  15s 5   6  19  3s56
17   3   6   2s52  15s14   6  32  3s57
18   3  31   2s53  15s24   6  45  3s58
19   3  57   2s53  15s33   6  58  3s59
20   4  22   2s54  15s42   7  10  3s59
21   4  48   2s55  15s52   7  23  4s 0
22   5  14   2s55  16s 1   7  36  4s 1
23   5  40   2s56  16s10   7  49  4s 2
24   6   5   2s56  16s19   8   2  4s 3
25   6  31   2s57  16s28   8  15  4s 4
26   6  57   2s57  16s37   8  28  4s 5
27   7  23   2s58  16s46   8  41  4s 5
28   7  49   2s58  16s55   8  54  4s 6
29   8  15   2s59  17s 4   9   7  4s 7
30   8  41   2s60  17s13   9  20  4s 8
31   9   7   3s 0  17s22   9  33  4s 9

November 2020 (Gregorian)  0 UT Tropical ephemeris
Dy  Gandhi                            
    LONGIT  LATIT DECLIN  H.LONG H.LAT
 1   9Sc33   3s 1  17s31   9Sc46  4s10
 2   9  59   3s 1  17s40   9  59  4s10
 3  10Sc25   3s 2  17s49  10Sc12  4s11
 4  10  51   3s 2  17s58  10  25  4s12
 5  11  17   3s 3  18s 7  10  38  4s13
 6  11  43   3s 4  18s15  10  51  4s14
 7  12   9   3s 4  18s24  11   4  4s14
 8  12  35   3s 5  18s33  11  17  4s15
 9  13   1   3s 5  18s41  11  30  4s16
10  13  28   3s 6  18s50  11  43  4s17
11  13  54   3s 7  18s59  11  56  4s18
12  14  20   3s 7  19s 7  12  10  4s18
13  14  46   3s 8  19s16  12  23  4s19
14  15  13   3s 9  19s24  12  36  4s20
15  15  39   3s 9  19s32  12  49  4s21
16  16   5   3s10  19s41  13   2  4s22
17  16  32   3s11  19s49  13  16  4s22
18  16  58   3s11  19s57  13  29  4s23
19  17  24   3s12  20s 6  13  42  4s24
20  17  51   3s13  20s14  13  55  4s25
21  18  17   3s13  20s22  14   9  4s26
22  18  43   3s14  20s30  14  22  4s26
23  19  10   3s15  20s38  14  35  4s27
24  19  36   3s15  20s46  14  49  4s28
25  20   2   3s16  20s54  15   2  4s29
26  20  29   3s17  21s 2  15  15  4s29
27  20  55   3s17  21s 9  15  29  4s30
28  21  22   3s18  21s17  15  42  4s31
29  21  48   3s19  21s25  15  56  4s32
30  22  14   3s20  21s32  16   9  4s32

December 2020 (Gregorian)  0 UT Tropical ephemeris
Dy  Gandhi                            
    LONGIT  LATIT DECLIN  H.LONG H.LAT
 1  22Sc41   3s20  21s40  16Sc22  4s33
 2  23   7   3s21  21s48  16  36  4s34
 3  23  34   3s22  21s55  16  49  4s35
 4  24   0   3s23  22s 2  17   3  4s35
 5  24  27   3s23  22s10  17  16  4s36
 6  24  53   3s24  22s17  17  30  4s37
 7  25  20   3s25  22s24  17  44  4s37
 8  25  46   3s26  22s32  17  57  4s38
 9  26  12   3s27  22s39  18  11  4s39
10  26  39   3s27  22s46  18  24  4s40
11  27   5   3s28  22s53  18  38  4s40
12  27  32   3s29  22s60  18  52  4s41
13  27  58   3s30  23s 7  19   5  4s42
14  28  25   3s31  23s13  19  19  4s42
15  28  51   3s31  23s20  19  33  4s43
16  29  17   3s32  23s27  19  46  4s44
17  29  44   3s33  23s34  20   0  4s44
18   0Sa10   3s34  23s40  20  14  4s45
19   0  37   3s35  23s47  20  28  4s46
20   1   3   3s36  23s53  20  41  4s46
21   1  29   3s37  23s59  20  55  4s47
22   1  56   3s37  24s 6  21   9  4s48
23   2  22   3s38  24s12  21  23  4s48
24   2  48   3s39  24s18  21  37  4s49
25   3  15   3s40  24s24  21  50  4s50
26   3  41   3s41  24s30  22   4  4s50
27   4   7   3s42  24s36  22  18  4s51
28   4  33   3s43  24s42  22  32  4s52
29   5   0   3s44  24s48  22  46  4s52
30   5  26   3s45  24s54  23   0  4s53
31   5  52   3s46  24s59  23  14  4s54

January 2021 (Gregorian)  0 UT Tropical ephemeris
Dy  Gandhi                            
    LONGIT  LATIT DECLIN  H.LONG H.LAT
 1   6Sa18   3s47  25s 5  23Sc28  4s54
 2   6  44   3s48  25s10  23  42  4s55
 3   7  11   3s49  25s16  23  56  4s56
 4   7  37   3s50  25s21  24  10  4s56
 5   8   3   3s51  25s27  24  24  4s57
 6   8  29   3s52  25s32  24  38  4s57
 7   8  55   3s53  25s37  24  52  4s58
 8   9  21   3s54  25s42  25   7  4s59
 9   9  47   3s55  25s47  25  21  4s59
10  10  13   3s56  25s52  25  35  4s60
11  10  39   3s57  25s57  25  49  5s 0
12  11   5   3s58  26s 2  26   3  5s 1
13  11  30   3s59  26s 6  26  18  5s 1
14  11  56   4s 0  26s11  26  32  5s 2
15  12  22   4s 1  26s16  26  46  5s 3
16  12  48   4s 3  26s20  27   0  5s 3
17  13  14   4s 4  26s25  27  15  5s 4
18  13  39   4s 5  26s29  27  29  5s 4
19  14   5   4s 6  26s33  27  43  5s 5
20  14Sa30   4s 7  26s38  27Sc58  5s 5
21  14  56   4s 8  26s42  28  12  5s 6
22  15  21   4s 9  26s46  28  27  5s 6
23  15  47   4s11  26s50  28  41  5s 7
24  16  12   4s12  26s54  28  56  5s 8
25  16  38   4s13  26s58  29  10  5s 8
26  17   3   4s14  27s 1  29  25  5s 9
27  17  28   4s16  27s 5  29  39  5s 9
28  17  53   4s17  27s 9  29  54  5s10
29  18  18   4s18  27s12   0Sa 8  5s10
30  18  44   4s19  27s16   0  23  5s11
31  19   9   4s21  27s19   0  37  5s11

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