One of Earth’s seven quasi-moons has just got a new name: Asteroid 2004 GU9 is now known as Cardea, one of the Roman deities of doors and thresholds with a particular focus on hinges. Cardea is ...

It is thus only fitting for a goddess to be named for none other than the door hinge: Cardea. And now, thanks to Clay Chilcutt, a student at the University of Georgia, there is a cosmic object ...

The Roman goddess of doorways and transitions won out. By Remy Tumin For thousands of years, Cardea has been known as the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions, a guardian of thresholds.

In December, more than 10,000 people cast a vote to choose Chilcutt's Cardea – the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions – to be the name for the quasi-moon previously known as (164207 ...

Chilcutt chose the name Cardea after the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions, a guardian of thresholds. He said to him, it sounded celestial. “Cardea is the divine protector of entrances ...

What they're saying: In his entry, the sophomore from Douglasville said that Cardea was the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions - a fitting name for a quasi-moon that's "forever straddling ...

Cardea is a companion of the Earth and was ... a Sumerian epic), Ótr (after a shape-shifting dwarf from Norwegian mythology), Tarriaksuk (after Inuit legends) and Tecciztecatl (after the Aztec ...

Chilcutt chose the name Cardea based on the Roman deity Cardea, the goddess of doorways and transitions, symbolizing the guardianship of thresholds. The quasi-moon was originally named (164207 ...

“Cardea was the Roman goddess of the hinge. Roman doors hung on pivot hinges. Cardea was one of at least four Roman deities who presided over doorways. The name was selected by participants in ...

It is thus only fitting for a goddess to be named for none other than the door hinge: Cardea. And now, thanks to Clay Chilcutt, a student at the University of Georgia, there is a cosmic object named ...