454 Mathesis

Mathesis (minor planet designation: 454 Mathesis) is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on March 28, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FC.

454 Mathesis
Discovery
Discovered byFriedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann
Discovery siteHeidelberg (024)
Discovery date28 March 1900
Designations
(454) Mathesis
Pronunciation/məˈθiːsɪs/[1]
Named after
mathematics
1900 FC
main belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc116.05 yr (42387 d)
Aphelion2.9158 AU (436.20 Gm)
Perihelion2.3409 AU (350.19 Gm)
2.6284 AU (393.20 Gm)
Eccentricity0.10937
4.26 yr (1556.4 d)
98.12293°
0° 13m 52.679s / day
Inclination6.29209869841666°
32.29958°
177.3387°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions81.57±3.2 km
8.378 h (0.3491 d)
0.0555±0.005
9.20

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Altimira Observatory in 2004 gave a light curve with a period of 8.37784 ± 0.00003 hours and a brightness variation of 0.32 in magnitude. This differs from periods of 7.075 hours reported in 1994 and 7.745 hours in 1998.[3]

    References
    1. "mathesis". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
    2. Yeomans, Donald K., "454 Mathesis", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 10 May 2016.
    3. Buchheim, Robert K. (June 2006), "Photometry of asteroids 133 Cyrene, 454 Mathesis, 477 Italia, and 2264 Sabrina", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 33 (2), pp. 29–30, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...29B.


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