262_Valda

262 Valda

262 Valda

Main belt asteroid

Valda (minor planet designation: 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]

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    Yeomans, Donald K., "262 Valda", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. [2]
    Pilcher, Frederick (July 2010), "Period Determinations for 11 Parthenope, 35 Leukothea, 38 Leda, 111 Ate, 194 Prokne, 262 Valda, 728 Leonisis, and 747 Winchester", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 119–122, Bibcode:2010MPBu...37..119P.
  3. [3]
    "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances, IAU Minor Planet center, retrieved 7 April 2013.
  4. [4]
    Schmadel, L. (2003:38). Dictionary of minor planet names. Germany: Springer.


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