(2095) Parsifal
Asteroid (2095) Parsifal |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6421 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0089 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6185 AU - 2.6656 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.583 ° |
Sidereal period | 4,295 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.324 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | ? km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | 1960 |
Another name | 6036 PL, 1973 SS 2 , 1973 SF 4 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(2095) Parsifal is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .
The asteroid is named after the table knight Parzival , main character in Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal .