454 Mathesis
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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.
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Discovery | |
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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 | |
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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]