 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | 3 November 1886 |
| Designations | |
| (262) Valda | |
| A886 VA, 1972 YR1 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 125.45 yr (45822 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.0975 AU (463.38 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.00585 AU (300.071 Gm) |
| 2.55168 AU (381.726 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.21391 |
| 4.08 yr (1488.8 d) | |
| 268.471° | |
| 0° 14m 30.48s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.6870° |
| 38.489° | |
| 25.399° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 17.386 h (0.7244 d)[1][2] | |
| 11.67 | |
262 Valda is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 3 November 1886 in Vienna.[3] The name was proposed by Bettina von Rothschild.[4]
Photometric observations of this asteroid from the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico, during 2010 gave a light curve with a period of 17.386 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.17 ± 0.02 magnitude.[2]
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