(9511) Klingsor Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

The sorcerer Klingsor appeared in the opera Parsifal.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Klingsor is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klingsor is 3.15 au from the Sun and 3.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number9511
Provisional designation5051 T-3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period4.58 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.33
Orbital period4.60 years
Semi-major axis2.77 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.38 – 3.15 au
Eccentricity0.139
Inclination10.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.39 au

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

Also discovered on 16 October 1977

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