536 Merapi
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | George Henry Peters |
| Discovery site | Washington, D.C. |
| Discovery date | 11 May 1904 |
| Designations | |
| (536) Merapi | |
| Pronunciation | /məˈrɑːpi/ |
Named after | Mount Mĕrapi, West Sumatera |
| 1904 OF | |
| Adjectives | Merapian |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 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 77.585 ± 1.765 km | |
| Mass | (2.61 ± 0.47) × 1019 kg |
Mean density | 13.36 ± 2.59 g/cm3 |
| 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.
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.