(9503) Agrawain Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Agrawain, brother of Gawain, was a knight of the Round Table.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Agrawain is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Agrawain is 3.22 au from the Sun and 4.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number9503
Provisional designation2180 T-2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter13.8 km (#3,446 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0530
Absolute magnitude (H)13.19
Orbital period5.53 years
Semi-major axis3.13 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.99 – 3.26 au
Eccentricity0.0431
Inclination8.51°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)2.02 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 29 September 1973

More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.