(643) Scheherezade Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1907 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg.
Where Scheherezade is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scheherezade is 3.24 au from the Sun and 4.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 643 |
| Provisional designation | A907 RK |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 65.0 km (#525 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Rotation period | 14.2 hours |
| Spectral type | P |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.87 |
| Orbital period | 6.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.18 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0564 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 September 1907
More named asteroids discovered by A. Kopff
- (579) Sidonia
- (582) Olympia
- (584) Semiramis
- (585) Bilkis
- (589) Croatia
- (591) Irmgard
- (593) Titania
- (595) Polyxena
- (596) Scheila
- (606) Brangane
- (607) Jenny
- (608) Adolfine
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