174 Phaedra [SEP] discoverer or inventor
174 Phaedra
Phaedra (minor planet designation: 174 Phaedra) is a sizable, rocky main belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer James Craig Watson on September 2, 1877, and named after Phaedra, the tragic lovelorn queen in Greek mythology.
Lightcurve data obtained from Phaedra indicates a rather irregular or elongated body.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Shadowbox Observatory in Carmel, Indiana, during 2009 gave a light curve with a period of 4.96 ± 0.01 hours. This is consistent with previous studies
174 (number)
174 (one hundred [and] seventy-four) is the natural number following 173 and preceding 175.
In mathematics.
- 174 is an even number, a composite number, a sphenic number, and an abundant number with the abundance of 12. It is a nontotient, an odious number. It is also a 59-gonal number.
In astronomy.
- 174 Phaedra is a large, rocky main belt asteroid
- Gliese 174 or V834 Tau, a variable star