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**126 Velleda**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.439 AU
Perihelion distance	2.181 AU
Aphelion distance	2.696 AU
Orbital period	3.81 years
Inclination	2.92�
Eccentricity	0.106
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	44.8 km
Rotation period	5.364 hours
Spectral class ^{5 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT)}	S
Abs. magnitude	9.27
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.172
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	P. P. Henry, 1872

126 Velleda is a Main belt asteroid. It is probably a rather typical, albeit sizable S-type asteroid.

It was discovered by Paul Henry on November 5, 1872. It was his first credited discovery. He and his brother Prosper Henry discovered a total of 14 asteroids.

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126 Velleda - Red Enciclopedia (136 words)
	126 Velleda è un piccolo asteroide della Fascia principale.
	Velleda fu scoperto il 5 novembre 1872 da Paul-Pierre Henry, in collaborazione con il fratello Prosper Mathieu Henry, dall'Osservatorio di Parigi (Francia).
	Fu battezzato così in onore di Velleda, sacerdotessa germanica del I secolo, principessa dei Batavi, che provocò la ribellione del suo popolo contro i Romani.

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