Discovered by George Henry Peters Alternative names 1904 OF Aphelion 3.7977 AU (568.13 Gm) Discovered 11 May 1904 Discoverer George Henry Peters Asteroid group Cybele asteroid | Discovery date 11 May 1904 Observation arc 111.94 yr (40885 d) Perihelion 3.1992 AU (478.59 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Mount Marapi | |
Discovery site United States Naval Observatory People also search for 732 Tjilaki, 772 Tanete, 863 Benkoela | ||
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.
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