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Encyclopedia > 131 Vala
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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