536 Merapi

536 Merapi
Discovery
Discovered by George Henry Peters
Discovery site Washington, D.C.
Discovery date May 11, 1904
Designations
Named after
 Mount Marapi, West Sumatera[1]
1904 OF
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch April 3, 1999 (JDCT 2451271.5)
Aphelion 3.789 AU
Perihelion 3.211 AU
3.500 AU
Eccentricity 0.083
6.549 a
64.009°
Inclination 19.387°
59.488°
302.569°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 155.17 ± 3.53[3] km
Mass (2.61 ± 0.47) × 1019[3] kg
Mean density
 13.36 ± 2.59[3] g/cm3

    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. ↑ (Indonesian) http://langitselatan.com/2011/01/12/nama-nama-indonesia-pun-tertera-di-angkasa/
    2. ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "536 Merapi", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-04-07.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science 73: 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", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 34 (3): 59–64, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...59D.