(563) Suleika

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Asteroid
(563) Suleika
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.714  AU
eccentricity 0.233
Perihelion - aphelion 2.081 AU - 3.347 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.2 °
Length of the ascending node 85.4 °
Argument of the periapsis 336.4 °
Time of passage of the perihelion October 21, 2010
Sidereal period 4 a 172 d
Mean orbital velocity 17.8 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 53.30 km
Albedo 0.2477
Rotation period 5 h 41 min
Absolute brightness 8.5 likes
Spectral class S.
history
Explorer Paul Goetz
Date of discovery April 6, 1905
Another name 1905 QK
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(563) Suleika is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on April 6, 1905 by the German astronomer Paul Götz in Heidelberg .

The asteroid was named after a character from Also sprach Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche .

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