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 |
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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
- ↑ (Indonesian) http://langitselatan.com/2011/01/12/nama-nama-indonesia-pun-tertera-di-angkasa/
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "536 Merapi", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-04-07.
- 1 2 3 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
- ↑ "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances (IAU Minor Planet center), retrieved 2013-04-07.
- ↑ 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), pp. 59–64, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...59D.
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