Cheshirecat is asteroid #6042 and also known as 1990 WW2. Cheshirecat’s orbit has a period of 5.30 years (1 936 days), an eccentricity of 0.4571, and an inclination of 15.8868 degrees. Cheshirecat is a Mars-orbit-crosser, although at home in the outer region of the Asteroid Main Belt. The type is unusual too. Cheshirecat is either of the type K or of the type XL (an intermediate) or simply of the type C. Cheshirecat was discovered by the Japanese astronomers Natori Akira (名取 亮) and Urata Takeshi (浦田 武). The name Cheshirecat was suggested by Urata Takeshi (浦田 武).

Cheshirecat is named after the Cheshire Cat, that appears in Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The cat is known for its distinctive mischievous grins and eyes that linger after it has already faded away. The German name for the Cheshire Cat is Grinsekatze (“Grinning Cat”) for this reason. The French name is Chat du Cheshire and the French call the asteroid #6042 Chatducheshire. In French and in some other languages get some asteroids renamed. These aren’t many when compared with the amount of asteroids in the Solar System, but enough to be annoying. I actually find it always annoying when people come together and agree on certain rules, but then don’t keep them. While French and German people know the Cheshire Cat from Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the phrase “like a Cheshire Cat” described a broad grin in English already decades if not centuries before the novel was written.

I don’t expect the astrological force Cheshirecat to be important. It can represent a cat or even only a broad grin. I treat Cheshirecat only as a follow-up to my articles on Urata and on Alice. In connection with each other could the astrological forces be more verbose. The asteroid Cheshirecat has also some rather seldom features. These could one day become important for interpretations too. The name can’t be too important when it is possible to use a different name in France.