454 Mathesis is a
main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (25 March 1870 – 19 January 1964) was a German astronomer and a discoverer of 22 minor planets and 4 comets, who worked at Astrophysical Institute Potsdam#Foundation of the Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam .28 ...
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
In astronomy, a light curve is a graph (discrete mathematics), graph of the Radiance, light intensity of a celestial object or region as a function of time, typically with the magnitude (astronomy), magnitude of light received on the ''y''-axis ...
with a period of 8.37784 ± 0.00003 hours and a brightness variation of 0.32 in
magnitude
Magnitude may refer to:
Mathematics
*Euclidean vector, a quantity defined by both its magnitude and its direction
*Magnitude (mathematics), the relative size of an object
*Norm (mathematics), a term for the size or length of a vector
*Order of ...
. This differs from periods of 7.075 hours reported in 1994 and 7.745 hours in 1998.
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Background asteroids
Mathesis
Mathesis
CB-type asteroids (Tholen)
19000328
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