(9505) Lohengrin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Lohengrin, the knight of the Holy Grail, was the title character of an opera by Wagner.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lohengrin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lohengrin is 3.65 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9505 |
| Provisional designation | 4131 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.61 km (#6,062 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0720 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.01 |
| Orbital period | 5.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 3.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.234 |
| Inclination | 3.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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