9500 Camelot
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Name | Camelot |
| Designation | 1281 T-2 |
| Discovery | |
| Discoverers | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1973 |
| Orbital elements | |
| Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5) | |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.1669729 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 2.5950666 AU |
| Perihelion (q) | 2.1617608 AU |
| Aphelion (Q) | 3.0283724 AU |
| Orbital period (P) | 4.18 a |
| Inclination (i) | 12.74113° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) | 194.40326° |
| Argument of Perihelion (ω) | 260.91617° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 344.89940° |
9500 Camelot is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.1612262 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1669729 and an orbital period of 1526.9372730 days (4.18 years).[1]
Caesar has an average orbital speed of 18.49194786 km/s and an inclination of 12.74269°.
The asteroid was discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld.
This asteroid is named for Camelot, the location of King Arthur's knights.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
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