{"id":28601,"date":"2014-10-11T13:36:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T05:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=28601"},"modified":"2014-10-11T13:53:39","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T05:53:39","slug":"astronomical-agency-names-asteroid-after-ph-goddess-of-lost-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/11\/astronomical-agency-names-asteroid-after-ph-goddess-of-lost-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomical agency names asteroid after PH goddess of lost things"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_28606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28606\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/722px-951_Gaspra.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28606\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/722px-951_Gaspra-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"Wikipedia photo of an asteroid (951 Gaspra)\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/722px-951_Gaspra-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/722px-951_Gaspra.jpg 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikipedia photo of an asteroid (951 Gaspra)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An international astronomical monitoring agency, the Minor Planet Center (MPC), recently decided to name an asteroid after a Philippine goddess.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest list published in September of approved names for known asteroids, the agency \u2013 which responsible for naming minor planets, comets, natural satellites, and other minor bodies in the solar system \u2013 christened <a href=\"http:\/asteroid:%20http:\/\/ssd.jpl.nasa.gov\/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3757;cad=1\/\">asteroid 1982XB <\/a>with the name \u201c(3757) Anagolay,\u201d after the ancient Filipino mythological goddess of lost things.<\/p>\n<p>Asteroid 1982XB measures half a kilometer in diameter and takes approximately two and a half years to complete one revolution around the sun. It was first spotted by E. F. Helin at the Palomar Observatory on December 14, 1982.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) \u2013 an international non-government organization that represents university students and young professionals in the United Nations, in the space industry, and in academia \u2013 held a contest for the submission of potential names for Asteroid 1982XB. The name Anagolay was submitted by Filipino student Mohammad Abqary Alon, and was chosen from over one thousand entries across 85 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Filipino astronomer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10153203127815299&amp;set=a.462876940298.243808.605395298&amp;type=1&amp;theater\">Rogel Mari Sese shared the SGAC\u2019s official announcement on his Facebook timeline,<\/a> as he expressed his pride and joy over the decision:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Asteroid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28602\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Asteroid.jpg\" alt=\"Asteroid\" width=\"679\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Asteroid.jpg 679w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Asteroid-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/New-Picture1.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28603\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/New-Picture1.bmp\" alt=\"New Picture\" width=\"352\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In local Philippine lore, Anagolay is said to be the daughter of the goddess Ikapati, the benevolent giver of food and prosperity; and Mapulon, the god of season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An international astronomical monitoring agency, the Minor Planet Center (MPC), recently decided to name an asteroid after a Philippine goddess. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":28606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,5742,17],"tags":[8188,8187,8186,8189],"class_list":["post-28601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-science-2","category-news-w","tag-anagolay","tag-asteroid-1982xb","tag-new-astreoid","tag-philipippine-goddess-of-lost-things","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}