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**131 Vala**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.432 AU
Perihelion distance	2.268 AU
Aphelion distance	2.595 AU
Orbital period	3.79 years
Inclination	4.96�
Eccentricity	0.067
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	40.4 km
Spectral class	KCT
Abs. magnitude	10.03
Albedo ^{3 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.105
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	C. H. F. Peters

131 Vala is an inner Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on May 24, 1873, and named after Vala, a prophetess in Norse mythology

One observation of an occultation of a Italy (May 26, 2002).

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