536 Merapi
{{Short description|Main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox planet
| minorplanet= yes
| background= #D6D6D6
| name= 536 Merapi
| named_after= Mount Mĕrapi, West Sumatera{{in lang|id}} http://langitselatan.com/2011/01/12/nama-nama-indonesia-pun-tertera-di-angkasa/
| mpc_name= (536) Merapi
| pronounced={{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|r|ɑː|p|i}}
| adjective= Merapian
| alt_names= 1904 OF
| discoverer= George Henry Peters
| discovered= 11 May 1904
| discovery_site= Washington, D.C.
| epoch= 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
| eccentricity= 0.085546
| semimajor= {{Convert|3.4984|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}
| perihelion= {{Convert|3.1992|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}
| aphelion= {{Convert|3.7977|AU|Gm|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| inclination= 19.425°
| asc_node= 59.239°
| arg_peri= 295.862°
| mean_anomaly= 302.40°
| dimensions=
| mean_radius= {{val|75.71|4.5}} km
77.585 ± 1.765 km
| mass= {{nowrap|(2.61 ± 0.47) × 1019 kg}}
| mean_motion= {{Deg2DMS|0.15062|sup=ms}} / day
| observation_arc= 111.94 yr (40885 d)
| uncertainty= 0
| abs_magnitude= 8.2
| rotation= {{Convert|8.78|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| albedo= {{val|0.0452|0.006}}
}}
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.
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.
References
{{Reflist|refs=
| title = Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000
| work = Discovery Circumstances
| publisher = IAU Minor Planet center
| url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html
| access-date= 2013-04-07
| postscript= .
}}
| first1 = Donald K.
| last1 = Yeomans
| title = 536 Merapi
| work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser
| publisher = NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
| url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=536
| access-date= 8 May 2016
| postscript= .
}}
| first1 = B.
| last1 = Carry
| title = Density of asteroids
| journal = Planetary and Space Science
| volume = 73
| pages = 98–118
|date=December 2012
| issue = 1
| doi = 10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009
| bibcode = 2012P&SS...73...98C
| postscript= .
|arxiv = 1203.4336 | s2cid = 119226456
}} See Table 1.
| last1 = Ditteon
| first1 = Richard
| last2 = Hawkins
| first2 = Scot
| title = Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory - October-November 2006
| journal = The Minor Planet Bulletin
| volume = 34
| issue = 3
| pages = 59–64
|date=September 2007
| bibcode = 2007MPBu...34...59D
| postscript= .
}}
}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120301033803/http://www.antelopehillsobservatory.org/lightcurves/536.gif Lightcurve plot of (536) Merapi], Antelope Hills Observatory
- {{AstDys|536}}
- {{JPL small body}}
{{Minor planets navigator |535 Montague |number=536 |537 Pauly}}
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Category:X-type asteroids (Tholen)
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