| Minorplanet: | yes |
| Background: |
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| 563 Suleika | |
| Discovered: | 6 April 1905 |
| Mpc Name: | (563) Suleika |
| Pronounced: | pronounced as /de/ |
| Alt Names: | 1905 QK |
| Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Semimajor: | 2.71595AU |
| Perihelion: | 2.08094AU |
| Aphelion: | 3.351abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Eccentricity: | 0.23381 |
| Period: | 4.48 yr (1634.9 d) |
| Inclination: | 10.229° |
| Asc Node: | 85.266° |
| Arg Peri: | 336.919° |
| Rotation: | 5.69abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Spectral Type: | S |
| Abs Magnitude: | 8.63, 8.50 |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Observation Arc: | 108.45 yr (39611 d) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
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.
The planet was named after a female character in Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra.[1]
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.