(9508) Titurel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Titurel was father of Amfortas and former king of Monsalvat in Wagner's opera Parsifal.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Titurel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Titurel is 2.43 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9508 |
| Provisional designation | 3395 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.06 km (#12,590 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.204 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0497 |
| Inclination | 4.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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