643 Scheherezade

Summary

643 Scheherezade is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 643 Scheherezade is credited with the discovery of August Kopff^[3].
• 643 Scheherezade's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 643 Scheherezade's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Scheherazade is named after 643 Scheherezade^[6].
• 643 Scheherezade's follows is recorded as Q156088^[7].
• 643 Scheherezade's followed by is recorded as 644 Cosima^[8].
• 643 Scheherezade's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 643 Scheherezade's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 643 Scheherezade's Commons category is recorded as 643 Scheherezade^[11].
• 643 Scheherezade's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 643 Scheherezade's provisional designation is recorded as 1907 ZZ^[13].
• 643 Scheherezade's provisional designation is recorded as 1956 VG^[14].
• 643 Scheherezade's provisional designation is recorded as A899 LC^[15].
• 643 Scheherezade's provisional designation is recorded as A907 RK^[16].
• 643 Scheherezade's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1907-09-08T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 643 Scheherezade's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lyv3^[18].
• 643 Scheherezade's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000643^[19].
• 643 Scheherezade's asteroid spectral type is recorded as P-type asteroid^[20].
• 643 Scheherezade's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 643 Scheherezade's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05722349986709166'}^[22].
• 643 Scheherezade's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.89'}^[23].
• 643 Scheherezade's different from is recorded as Shahrazad^[24].
• 643 Scheherezade's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.764'}^[25].
• 643 Scheherezade's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.75508928822531'}^[26].
• 643 Scheherezade's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2258.827006249301'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

643 Scheherezade's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Scheherazade is named after 643 Scheherezade^[6].

Why It Matters

643 Scheherezade ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]