262 Valda

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262 Valda is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on November 3 1886 in Vienna. The origin of the name is unknown.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.

orbital period (μ)

1.28651e+08

periapsis (km)

2.99892e+11

absolute magnitude

11.67

discovery date

1886-11-03

discoverer

Johann Palisa

epoch

30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)

former name

1972 YR1

rotation period (s)

62589.6