262 Valda

Minor Planet | name=262 Valda
discoverer=Johann Palisa
discovery_date=November 3, 1886
designations=1972 YR₁
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=381.767 Gm (2.552 AU)
perihelion=299.892 Gm (2.005 AU)
aphelion=463.643 Gm (3.099 AU)
eccentricity=0.214
period=1489.018 d (4.08 a)
inclination=7.709°
asc_node=38.71°
arg_peri=24.527°
mean_anomaly=334.039°
speed=18.65 km/s
dimensions=11 - 24 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_class="unknown"
abs_mag=11.67
albedo="unknown"
temperature="unknown"

262 Valda is a small Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 3, 1886 in Vienna.

Origin of the name is unknown.

References

* [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances]