| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg (024) |
| Discovery date | 28 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 arc | 116.05 yr (42387 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.9158 AU (436.20 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.3409 AU (350.19 Gm) |
| 2.6284 AU (393.20 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.10937 |
| 4.26 yr (1556.4 d) | |
| 98.12293° | |
| 0° 13m 52.679s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.29209869841666° |
| 32.29958° | |
| 177.3387° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 81.57±3.2 km |
| 8.378 h (0.3491 d) | |
| 0.0555±0.005 | |
| 9.20 | |
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.
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
- ^ "mathesis". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Yeomans, Donald K., "454 Mathesis", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Buchheim, Robert K. (June 2006), "Photometry of asteroids 133 Cyrene, 454 Mathesis, 477 Italia, and 2264 Sabrina", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 29–30, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...29B.
External links
- 454 Mathesis at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 454 Mathesis at the JPL Small-Body Database
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This page was last edited on 22 December 2023, at 23:21