536 Merapi

Summary

536 Merapi is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 536 Merapi is credited with the discovery of George Henry Peters^[3].
• 536 Merapi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 536 Merapi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Old Naval Observatory^[5].
• Marapi is named after 536 Merapi^[6].
• 536 Merapi's follows is recorded as Q155289^[7].
• 536 Merapi's followed by is recorded as Q155305^[8].
• 536 Merapi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 536 Merapi's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 536 Merapi's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Merapi symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 536 Merapi's Commons category is recorded as 536 Merapi^[12].
• 536 Merapi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 536 Merapi's provisional designation is recorded as A904 JF^[14].
• 536 Merapi's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 KE^[15].
• 536 Merapi's provisional designation is recorded as 1957 LP^[16].
• 536 Merapi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1904-05-11T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 536 Merapi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lwm4^[18].
• 536 Merapi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000536^[19].
• 536 Merapi's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[20].
• 536 Merapi's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 536 Merapi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09008670994423278'}^[22].
• 536 Merapi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.12'}^[23].
• 536 Merapi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.387'}^[24].
• 536 Merapi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.38692529499431'}^[25].
• 536 Merapi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2398.537877415349'}^[26].
• 536 Merapi's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+8.791'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

536 Merapi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Marapi is named after 536 Merapi^[6].

Why It Matters

536 Merapi ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]