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563 Suleika

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Discovered by
  
Paul Götz

Alternative names
  
1905 QK

Observation arc
  
108.45 yr (39611 d)

Discovered
  
6 April 1905

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
6 April 1905

Minor planet category
  
Main belt

Aphelion
  
3.3510 AU (501.30 Gm)

Inclination
  
10.229°

Discoverer
  
Paul Götz

Discovery site
  
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory

Similar
  
540 Rosamunde, 509 Iolanda, 528 Rezia, 556 Phyllis, 543 Charlotte

563 Suleika is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Previously designated as 1905 QK, it was discovered by German astronomer Paul Götz on April 6, 1905 from Heidelberg, Germany.

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.

References

563 Suleika Wikipedia