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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2041 |
| Named after | Lancelot |
| Alternate name(s) | 2523 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.7859809 |
| Peri | 2.5137261 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2019546 |
| Orbital period | 2041.8975831 |
| Mean anomaly | 149.45950 |
| Inclination | 2.98224 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 134.15755 |
| Argument of peri | 275.13563 |
| Dimensions | 13.37 km |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1303 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.20 |
2041 Lancelot (2523 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
2041 Lancelot orbits in an elliptical pattern around the Sun situated (via order) between the planets Mars and Jupiter. 2041 Lancelot is named after Sir Lancelot, a knight in Arthurian legend.
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