Amfortas was the king of Monsalvat and of the knights of the Holy Grail in Wagner’s opera Parsifal {see, respectively, planets (3992) and (2095)}. (M 41568) _ _.
Discovered on 16-10-1977 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.