126 Velleda
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Paul Henry and Prosper Henry |
| Discovery date | 5 November 1872 |
| Designations | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvɛlɪdə/[1] |
Named after | Veleda |
| A872 VA; 1949 YF; 1950 BD1 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 December 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 403.523 Gm (2.697 AU) |
| Perihelion | 326.153 Gm (2.180 AU) |
| 364.816 Gm (2.439 AU)[2] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1060806[2] |
| 1,391.107 days (3.81 yr) | |
| 117.027° | |
| Inclination | 2.92451°[2] |
| 23.47325°[2] | |
| 327.94065°[2] | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 44.82±1.3 km[3] | |
| 5.364±0.003 h[4] | |
| 0.1723[2] | |
| S | |
| 9.27[2] | |
126 Velleda is a main-belt asteroid. It is probably a rather typical, albeit sizable, S-type asteroid. This asteroid was named for Veleda, a priestess and prophet of the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri. It was discovered by Paul Henry on 5 November 1872, in Paris, France. It was his first credited discovery. He and his brother Prosper Henry discovered a total of 14 asteroids.
This body is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.44 AU with a period of 3.81 years and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.11. The orbital plane is inclined by 2.9° to the plane of the ecliptic.[2] It has a cross-section diameter of ~45 km.[3] This asteroid has had multiple studies of its rotation period,[4][5][6][7] yielding an adopted period of 5.3672 h.[6] During each rotation the brightness varies by 0.22 magnitudes.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ a b c d e f g h "126 Velleda". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. NASA JPL. 29 August 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
- ^ a b "126 Velleda (A872 VA)". JPL Solar System Dynamics. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ^ a b c Dovgopol, A. N.; Kruglyi, Iu. N.; Shevchenko, V. G. (1992). "Asteroid 126 Velleda – Rotation period and magnitude-phase curve". Acta Astronomica. 42 (1): 67–72. Bibcode:1992AcA....42...67D.
- ^ Pilcher, Frederick (July 2011), "Rotation Period Determinations for 28 Bellona, 81 Terpsichore, 126 Velleda 150 Nuwa, 161 Athor, 419 Aurelia, and 632 Pyrrha", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, 38 (3): 156–158, Bibcode:2011MPBu...38..156P.
- ^ a b Pilcher, Frederick (October 2023), "Lightcurves and Rotation Periods of 102 Miriam, 126 Velleda, 294 Felicia 547 Praxedis, 716 Berkeley, 1166 Sakuntala, and 2535 Hameenlinna", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, 50 (4): 313–317, Bibcode:2023MPBu...50..313P.
- ^ Ruthroff, John C. (April 2018), "Rotational Study of Asteroid 126 Velleda", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, 45 (2): 166, Bibcode:2018MPBu...45..166R.
External links
[edit]- 126 Velleda at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 126 Velleda at the JPL Small-Body Database
