Photographica

Photographica

(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

Photographica, asteroid 443 (the 443d asteroid to be discovered, on February 17, 1899), is approximately 32 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 3.3 years. The name derives from a new approach to discovering asteroids with a camera. When prominent in a natal chart, Photographica may indicate interest or skill in photographic representation as well as in other media of visual representation.

Sources:

Kowal, Charles T. Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Ellis Horwood Limited, 1988.Room, Adrian. Dictionary of Astronomical Names. London: Routledge, 1988.Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.