Lüst is asteroid #4386 and also known as 6829 P-L. Lüst was discovered by the Palomar-Leiden Survey at the Palomar Observatory. Lüst’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 3.16 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.19, a period of revolution of 2 057 days, and an inclination of 11.5 degrees.

Lüst is named after the German astrophysicist Reimar Lüst! He lived from 1923 until 2020. Reimar Lüst had two sisters and was himself the middle child. He worked as a submarine engineer during the Second World War, later he studied physics. He taught at several universities and became the general director of the ESRO, which was the predecessor of the ESA, the European Space Agency. Lüst was married twice and and fathered two sons in his first marriage. The name of his first wife was Rhea.

I can’t figure out the precise origin and meaning of the family-name Lüst, but it is likely to be related with the word Lüster. This means a chandelier, but also a certain colour and a shimmering effect of surfaces. These meanings are all adaptations of the French word lustre. It is also related with the English words luster and lustreware. Lüst is definitely independent from the German word Lust, which is in etymology and meaning the very same word as the English word lust.

Several wannabe asteroid astrologers wrote comments or whole articles about an asteroid named Lust. But an asteroid named Lust doesn’t exist! Those wannabe asteroid astrologers renamed on their own the asteroid Lüst and twisted its possible meaning. Because the name Lüst has similarities and relations with German, French, and also English words, so it is really hard to understand why opinions are uttered previous to doing any kind of research. At least such superficial research as I did here can’t already be asked too much?

Lüst represents shimmering surfaces as well as the colour of pearls. Hence Lüst can be counted among the asteroids of colour. Maybe Lüst also represents chandeliers or work connected with them. Because the first wife of the namesake is named Rhea, so Lüst could be seen as a substitute of Kronos and hence a saturneal asteroid representing an immature version of Saturn. Here would be interesting why Reimar Lüst’s first marriage ended, but I’m afraid that this can’t be figured out. The asteroids Lüst and Rhea together can be treated as an asteroid couple for synastries, where these asteroids tell about the nature of a relationship if they are in an interaspect (an aspect between two different natal charts) with each other.