050827 Hildebrand 11 vi 13'22.9870 0.2361528 2°58' 3.9609 050827 Hispania 0 vi 42' 2.7257 0.3459091 14°47'11.4204 050827 Aristides 24 ta 0' 1.9015 0.1733669 15°26'46.9773 050827 Belo Horizonte 0 aq 51'22.3794 -0.1136130 -9°40'19.5388 050827 Dumas 5 ar 59'43.6209 -0.1686152 6°55'16.7444 050827 Sarutahiko 26 li 12'19.3386 0.3777137 -6°39'52.9013 050827 Union 28 li 54'48.6277 0.2513205 9°46' 2.1198 050827 Multatuli 10 ar 55' 7.6686 -0.1309896 -0° 8'50.3285 050827 Odessa 26 pi 12'54.3354 -0.1914848 5°55'40.5411 050827 Verbano 6 sa 21'51.5775 0.2378443 -7°36'18.1311 050827 Daniel 22 cn 3'34.9788 0.3507815 20° 0'17.2686 050827 Alascattalo 1 cn 23'43.2795 0.3770444 25°42' 7.0301 050827 Mullo 15 ge 1'53.6555 0.3782488 20°36'31.4459
trying to select an asteroid for Haiti. MULLEIN appears on Special Herbs, Vols. 1 & 2 — more later, as i hash this out.
HILDEBRAND discovered shocked quartz in Beloc, Haiti while studying K-T deposits; excessive amounts of iridium suggested an earth impact at K-T boundary; eventually lead to Chicxulub Crater discovery. Haiti located on the island of Hispaniola (HISPANIA). Jean-Bertrand Aristide (ARISTIDES), Haitian politician & former President of Haiti (see: Chimères). BELO_HORIZONTE shares first four letters with Beloc; here's an offer for Brazil Belo Horizonte for Iridium satellite phone. DUMAS' grandfather a Général commissaire in Saint Domingue (now Haiti) & married Marie-Césette Dumas, a black slave. SARUTAHIKO has nothing whatsoever to do with anything Haitian, but i thought they could use an asteroid "buddy" (however, just discovered something more hypersitional: #2500-ALASCATTALO, a mythical beast of Alaska). UNION is part of Haiti's national motto: L'Union Fait La Force (Union Makes Strength). MULTATULI (Eduard Douwes Dekker) wrote satirical novel Max Havelaar (1980) condemning colonialism in the Dutch Indies. Indonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer called it the book that killed colonialism". Fairtrade labelling ensures labor, environmental & pricing standards; 1988 Mexican coffee growers initiative using a "Max Havelaar" label. ODESSA refers to Haiti's national anthem, La Dessalinienne honors Jean-Jacques Dessalines, leader of the Haitian Revolution & an Emperor of Haiti. VERBANO discovered by Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh who also discovered asteroids ODESSA, HILDEBRAND, PANTICAPAEON, GUERNICA, MARK TWAIN, CHEKHOV, CIURLIONIS, JACK LONDON, MENDELEEV, PETERNORTON, VULCANO & CLAUDIOMACCONE (born in Turin, Italy).
on 22-Feb, started wiki-searching for Haitian-related asteroids. couldn't find asteroids specifically named for anything Haitian. however, did find several asteroids with links to Haiti (see above). but couldn't decide which, so let it be for a moment. yesterday, googled Haiti's national flower while joshing with someone named mullins. couldn't find anything there either. started searching for native flowers & when that didn't scrape up much (but did find this, this & this) decided to wikit: HAITI + FLOWER. interesing stuff:
history, guavaberry (Christmas drink, medicinal), leach orchid (generic name Stelis, Greek 'mistletoe'), Edwidge Danticat (Haitian-American author; The Dew Breaker, Creole nickname for "torturer"), Tabebuia (timber, A1 fire rating, denser than water), La Woz (coumbite), John Audubon (born in Haiti, ended up in New Orleans), Hawaiian baby woodrose (hallucinogenic; analyzed by LSD discoverer), mango (peculiarly S-shaped 'Madame Francis' cultivar), vetiver (Oil of Tranquility; erosion control), Ronald Firbank (British novelist; Prancing Nigger, set in Haiti), oncidium (genus orchid), oranges (Columbus brought seeds to Haiti), heraldry (manatee: Kingdom of Haiti) & the Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus; see VERBANO above). see: Aaron's Rod, Petty Mullein, floral vocabulary (Mullein = Good-nature), demulcent (high mucilage content) & The Medicinal Properties of Mullein:
The medical community in the Western world is slowly accepting the therapeutic properties of herbs. Prior to this it was only the physicians in the East who would use them. One of the more popular amongst herbs is the Mullein - Verbascum thapsus. It belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family. Mullein is also known as Adam's Flannel, Beggar's Blanket, Bullock's Lungwort, Bonhomme, Jupiter's Staff, Molene, Pano, Sigirkuyrugu, Velvet Dock and Velvet Plant. The main reason for its popularity is that it is extremely versatile. It is used in a host of cases. Mullein has been used as an anodyne, demulcent, expectorant, diuretic and as an anti-spasmodic drug. The down on the leaves and stem makes excellent tinder when quite dry, readily igniting on the slightest spark, and was, before the introduction of cotton, used for lamp wicks, hence it is also known as the Candlewick Plant. Some of the constituents that Mullein is made of are Mucopolysaccharides, Flavonoids, Saponins and Volatile oil. Mullein is found in Haiti, India, South America, Spain and Turkey ... Mullein not only has practical usage but it is also making a name for itself in the world of mythology. In Europe and Asia it is believed that Mullein has the power to drive away evil spirits. The ancient classics mention that it was this plant, which Ulysses took to protect himself against the wiles of Circe.
Mullein also a track on Special Herbs. ok, got side-tracked looking for asteroids named mullins or mullein & that's how i found MULTATULI (right after MULLO). surprised to discover it concerned anti-colonialism. hmmm. MULTATULI represents (on 827 List) mullein: Virus Host; French expression "to plant mulleins" (work for nothing); national flower of Blekinge (from "bleke", dead calm); SSSI; expectorant; Thermidor (French Republican Calendar; 2-Duodi, Bouillon blanc, flower Mullein); moth mullein 20-year exhumation; Under Saturn & a noxious pest (the flower, not a person).
AQ 92 = HAITI = AENEID = AFRICA = ALGOL = BEAST = DAJJAL = EBLIS = GRAIL = HANOI = HOOR = ISIS = JUNK = LALAGE = LYRA = MESH-29 = MESH-38 = NOMAD = POET = QOPH = RELIC = RULE = SHIT = WILL = WISE = YOGI = ZAHAK.
still haven't decided, but will add the whole bouquet. want to single one out in particular. — Asteroid #7172-MULTATULI.