563 Suleika

563 Suleika
Discovery
Discovered byPaul Götz
Discovery date6 April 1905
Designations
(563) Suleika
PronunciationGerman: [zuːlaɪkaː]
1905 QK
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc108.45 yr (39611 d)
Aphelion3.3510 AU (501.30 Gm)
Perihelion2.08094 AU (311.304 Gm)
2.71595 AU (406.300 Gm)
Eccentricity0.23381
4.48 yr (1634.9 d)
104.420°
0° 13m 12.72s / day
Inclination10.229°
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]

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]

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

  1. ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "563 Suleika", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances, IAU Minor Planet center, retrieved 7 April 2013.
  4. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 91. ISBN 3-662-06615-7.
  5. ^ 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.


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