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536 Merapi
Discovery
Discovered byGeorge Henry Peters
Discovery siteWashington, D.C.
Discovery date11 May 1904
Designations
Named after
Mount Marapi, West Sumatera[1]
1904 OF
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc111.94 yr (40885 d)
Aphelion3.7977 AU (568.13 Gm)
Perihelion3.1992 AU (478.59 Gm)
3.4984 AU (523.35 Gm)
Eccentricity0.085546
6.54 yr (2390.1 d)
302.40°
0° 9m 2.232s / day
Inclination19.425°
59.239°
295.862°
Earth MOID2.25326 AU (337.083 Gm)
Jupiter MOID1.6739 AU (250.41 Gm)
TJupiter3.028
Physical characteristics
75.71±4.5 km[2]
77.585 ± 1.765 km[3]
Mass(2.61 ± 0.47) × 1019 kg[3]
Mean density
13.36 ± 2.59 g/cm3[3]
8.78 h (0.366 d)
0.0452±0.006
8.2

536 Merapi is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by American astronomer George Henry Peters on May 11, 1904 from Washington, D.C.[4]

Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 8.809 ± 0.008 hours and a brightness variation of 0.23 ± 0.05 in magnitude.[5]

References

  1. ^ Template:Id icon http://langitselatan.com/2011/01/12/nama-nama-indonesia-pun-tertera-di-angkasa/
  2. ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "536 Merapi", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
  4. ^ "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances, IAU Minor Planet center, retrieved 2013-04-07.
  5. ^ Ditteon, Richard; Hawkins, Scot (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory - October-November 2006", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 59–64, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...59D.