2082 Galahad
asteroid
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Summary
2082 Galahad is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Cornelis Johannes van Houten[3], Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld[4], Tom Gehrels[5], Palomar–Leiden survey[6]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Palomar Observatory[7]
- Named after: Galahad[8]
- Follows: 2081 Sázava[9]
- Followed by: 2083 Smither[10]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[11]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[12]
- Provisional designation: 1974 MB[13], 7588 P-L[14]
- Time of discovery or invention: October 17, 1960[15]
- Significant event: naming[16]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.17[17], 0.1670778[18], 0.166856771189562[19]
- Absolute magnitude: 12.9[20], 13.1[21]
- Orbital inclination: 3.06847 degree[22], 3.067924194869001 degree[23]
- Orbital period: 4.98 years[24], 1820.831195806764 day[25]
- Longitude of ascending node: 90.05733 degree[26], 90.04079940297244 degree[27]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.9179673 astronomical unit[28], 2.918194081882045 astronomical unit[29]
- Apoapsis: 3.405 astronomical unit[30], 3.405114524089372 astronomical unit[31]
- Periapsis: 2.4304399 astronomical unit[32], 2.431273639674718 astronomical unit[33]
- Argument of periapsis: 145.38261 degree[34], 144.3312659841203 degree[35]
- Mean anomaly: 293.44739 degree[36], 127.9469718417942 degree[37]
- Diameter: 17.12 km[38]
- Albedo: 0.026[39]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[40]
- Time of periapsis: 2460353.361561837 Julian day[41]
Why It Matters
2082 Galahad is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]