Astronomy:563 Suleika

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563 Suleika
Discovery
Discovered byPaul Götz
Discovery date6 April 1905
Designations
(563) Suleika
PronunciationGerman: [zuːlaɪkaː]
1905 QK
Minor planet categoryMain belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc108.45 yr (39611 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.3510 astronomical unit|AU (501.30 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.08094 AU (311.304 Gm)
2.71595 AU (406.300 Gm)
Eccentricity0.23381
Orbital period4.48 yr (1634.9 d)
Mean anomaly104.420°
Mean motion0° 13m 12.72s / day
Inclination10.229°
Longitude of ascending node85.266°
336.919°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius26.645±0.55 km
Rotation period5.69 h (0.237 d)
Geometric albedo0.2477±0.010
Physics~169 K
S
Absolute magnitude (H)8.63,[2] 8.50[1]


Suleika (minor planet designation: 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. 1.0 1.1 Yeomans, Donald K., "563 Suleika", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=563, retrieved 7 May 2016. 
  2. Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin 34: pp. 113–119, Bibcode2007MPBu...34..113W. 
  3. "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances (IAU Minor Planet center), https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html, retrieved 2013-04-07. 
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 91. ISBN 3-662-06615-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=eHv1CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA91. 
  5. Ditteon, Richard; Hawkins, Scot (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory - October-November 2006", The Minor Planet Bulletin 34 (3): pp. 59–64, Bibcode2007MPBu...34...59D. 

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