Astronomy:454 Mathesis

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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
454 Mathesis
Discovery
Discovered byFriedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann
Discovery siteHeidelberg (024)
Discovery date28 March 1900
Designations
(454) Mathesis
Pronunciation/məˈθsɪs/[1]
Named aftermathematics
1900 FC
Minor planet categorymain belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc116.05 yr (42387 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.9158 astronomical unit|AU (436.20 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.3409 AU (350.19 Gm)
2.6284 AU (393.20 Gm)
Eccentricity0.10937
Orbital period4.26 yr (1556.4 d)
Mean anomaly98.12293°
Mean motion0° 13m 52.679s / day
Inclination6.29209869841666°
Longitude of ascending node32.29958°
177.3387°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions81.57±3.2 km
Rotation period8.378 h (0.3491 d)
Geometric albedo0.0555±0.005
Absolute magnitude (H)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

  1. mathesis (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, September 2005, http://oed.com/search?searchType=dictionary&q=mathesis  (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. Yeomans, Donald K., "454 Mathesis", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=454, 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, Bibcode2006MPBu...33...29B. 

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