(941) Murray Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 1920 by J. Palisa at Vienna.
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Where Murray is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Murray is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 941 |
| Provisional designation | A920 TF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 18.2 km (#2,463 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.128 |
| Rotation period | 3.39 hours |
| Spectral type | CX |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.48 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.196 |
| Inclination | 6.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 October 1920
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