454 Mathesis

454 Mathesis
Discovery
Discovered by	Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann
Discovery site	Heidelberg (024)
Discovery date	28 March 1900
Designations
MPC designation	(454) Mathesis
Pronunciation	/məˈθiːsɪs/
Named after	mathematics
Alternative designations	1900 FC
Minor planet category	main belt
Orbital characteristics
	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)
Semi-major axis	2.6284 AU (393.20 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.10937
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.26 yr (1556.4 d)
Mean anomaly	98.12293°
Mean motion	0° 13m 52.679s / day
Inclination	6.29209869841666°
Longitude of ascending node	32.29958°
Argument of perihelion	177.3387°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	81.57±3.2 km
Synodic rotation period	8.378 h (0.3491 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0555±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[edit]

^ "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[edit]

454 Mathesis at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
454 Mathesis at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters

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[1] "mathesis". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

[JPL-2] Yeomans, Donald K., "454 Mathesis", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 10 May 2016.

[Buchheim2006-3] 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.

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