2815 Soma 2815 Soma 2815 Soma, provisional designation , is a binary Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 September 1982, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona, in the United States . It is named for the mechanical puzzle Soma cube. "Soma" is a member of the Flora family, a large family of stony asteroids. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,219 days). Its orbit has an
Gear Cube gears externally in order for the mechanics to be seen. At first sight, it looks quite formidable, nevertheless it is actually simpler to solve than the original Rubik's Cube. There are two objectives when solving the cube. The first goal is taking the mixed up puzzle back to its original cubic state. The second goal is to actually solve the puzzle by arranging each side back to their own beginning colors. The Gear Cube has a design like no other because the puzzle is made almost completely out of gears. The cube has 12 edge pieces, four on every layer,