563 Suleika is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Previously designated as 1905 QK, it was discovered by German astronomer Paul Götz on 6 April 1905 from Heidelberg, Germany.[3]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Paul Götz |
| Discovery date | 6 April 1905 |
| Designations | |
| (563) Suleika | |
| Pronunciation | German: [zuːlaɪkaː] |
| 1905 QK | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 108.45 yr (39611 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.3510 AU (501.30 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.08094 AU (311.304 Gm) |
| 2.71595 AU (406.300 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.23381 |
| 4.48 yr (1634.9 d) | |
| 104.420° | |
| 0° 13m 12.72s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.229° |
| 85.266° | |
| 336.919° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 26.645±0.55 km | |
| 5.69 h (0.237 d) | |
| 0.2477±0.010 | |
| Temperature | ~169 K |
| S | |
| 8.63,[2] 8.50[1] | |
The planet was named after a female character in Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra.[4]
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana, during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 5.628 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.28 ± 0.01 in magnitude.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "563 Suleika", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 34, pp. 113–119, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..113W.
- ^ "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances, IAU Minor Planet center, retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 91. ISBN 3-662-06615-7.
- ^ Ditteon, Richard; Hawkins, Scot (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory - October-November 2006", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 59–64, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...59D.
External links
edit- 563 Suleika at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 563 Suleika at the JPL Small-Body Database
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