131 Vala
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters |
| Discovery date | May 24, 1873 |
| Designations | |
| Main belt[1] | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 388.147 Gm (2.595 AU) |
| Perihelion | 339.381 Gm (2.269 AU) |
| 363.764 Gm (2.432 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.06679 |
| 1384.969 d (3.79 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 19.08 km/s |
| 101.289° | |
| Inclination | 4.958° |
| 65.772° | |
| 159.106° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 40.4 km[1] |
| Mass | 6.9×1016 kg |
| 0.0113 m/s² | |
| 0.0214 km/s | |
| 5.18 hr[1] | |
| Temperature | ~178 K |
Spectral type | K[2] (Bus) |
| 10.03[1] | |
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131 Vala is an inner main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on May 24, 1873, and named after Völva, a prophetess in Norse mythology.[3] One observation of an occultation of a star by Vala is from Italy (May 26, 2002). 10-µm radiometric data collected from Kitt Peak in 1975 gave a diameter estimate of 34 km.[4]
In the Tholen classification system, it is categorized as an SU-type asteroid, while the Bus asteroid taxonomy system lists it as an K-type asteroid.[2] Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2007 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico were used to create a "nearly symmetric bimodal" light curve plot. This showed a rotation period of 10.359 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.09 ± 0.02 magnitude during each cycle.[5] The result is double the 5.18 hour period reported in the JPL Small-Body Database.[1]
On 2028-Apr-05, Vala will pass 0.0276 AU (4,130,000 km; 2,570,000 mi) from asteroid 2 Pallas.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 131 Vala" (2011-10-20 last obs (arc=138 years)). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
- 1 2 DeMeo, Francesca E.; et al. (July 2009), "An extension of the Bus asteroid taxonomy into the near-infrared" (PDF), Icarus 202 (1), pp. 160–180, Bibcode:2009Icar..202..160D, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.005, retrieved 2013-04-08. See appendix A.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D.; International Astronomical Union (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names. Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 27. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ↑ Morrison, D.; Chapman, C. R. (March 1976), "Radiometric diameters for an additional 22 asteroids", Astrophysical Journal 204, pp. 934–939, Bibcode:2008mgm..conf.2594S, doi:10.1142/9789812834300_0469.
- ↑ Pilcher, Frederick (June 2008), "Period Determination for 84 Klio, 98 Ianthe, 102 Miriam 112 Iphigenia, 131 Vala, and 650 Amalasuntha", The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (2), pp. 71–72, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35...71P, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009.
- ↑ "JPL Close-Approach Data: 131 Vala" (2011-10-20 last obs (arc=138 years)). Retrieved 2011-12-07.
External links
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
- 131 Vala at the JPL Small-Body Database
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