Asteroid 1085, Amaryllis, was discovered August 31, 1927 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg, Germany. It has a period of 5 years, 250 days and is a little over 52 miles in diameter.
It was named after a genus of flowering plant native to Africa, Amaryllis.
An amaryllis blossom.
The name Amaryllis also belongs to a saucy, romantically troublesome female sheepherder who is a character in Vergil's Eclogues and has been used as a female given name; it is Latin for "fresh," according to one baby name encyclopedia.
Astrologically, Amaryllis seems to indicate gassiness, rejection, "giving the finger" to something .
"Simpsons" creator Matt Groening has Amaryllis semisquare/sesquiquadrate the Nodal axis.
"South Park" co-creator Trey Parker has Amaryllis trine Saturn and Juno.
His creative partner Matt Stone has Amaryllis trine Chiron and opposite Ceres.
Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines, who flouted the political leanings of the group's audience by speaking her mind about George W. Bush, has Amaryllis quincunx Ceres.
Outspoken liberal agitprop filmmaker Michael Moore has Amaryllis in the fourth house, trine Mercury and Juno (public persona, human rights) and sesquiquadrate Vesta (dedication).
Elian Gonzalez, who as a 6-year-old refugee was criticized for his apparent brattiness in a video his Miami relatives made, has Amaryllis conjunct Venus and North Node, semisquare Uranus, Neptune, and Juno, and opposite South Node.
Frances Farmer had Amaryllis in the first house, square Mars (aggression) and trine Uranus (rebellion) and Vesta.
The glyph for Amaryllis is mine.