(9506) Telramund Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Count Telramund, husband of Ortrud, is a character in Wagner's opera Lohengrin. He wished to reign over Brabant.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Telramund is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Telramund is 3.01 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number9506
Provisional designation5200 T-2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)13.19
Orbital period5.17 years
Semi-major axis2.99 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.89 – 3.09 au
Eccentricity0.0344
Inclination7.69°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.90 au

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

Also discovered on 25 September 1973

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