(2041) Lancelot
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Asteroid (2041) Lancelot |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1516 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2019 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5152 AU - 3.788 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.982 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,595 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.78 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | (13.4 ± 1.2) km |
| Albedo | 0.130 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 12.303 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 2523 PL, 1972 XO 2 , 1973 AP 3> |
| 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. | |
(2041) Lancelot 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 name of the asteroid is derived from the table knight Lancelot .