536 Merapi

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536 Merapi
Discovery
Discovered by George Henry Peters
Discovery site Washington, D.C.
Discovery date11 May 1904
Designations
(536) Merapi
Pronunciation /məˈrɑːpi/
Named after
Mount Mĕrapi, West Sumatera [1]
1904 OF
Adjectives Merapian
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 111.94 yr (40885 d)
Aphelion 3.7977  AU (568.13  Gm)
Perihelion 3.1992 AU (478.59 Gm)
3.4984 AU (523.35 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.085546
6.54 yr (2390.1 d)
302.40°
0° 9m 2.232s / day
Inclination 19.425°
59.239°
295.862°
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
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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]

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    References

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