126 Velleda

Main-belt asteroid January 2025 yes A three-dimensional model of 126 Velleda based on its lightcurve #D6D6D6 126 Velleda 126 Velleda.png Paul Henry and Prosper Henry 5 November 1872 (126) Velleda A872 VA; 1949 YF;1950 BD 1 ' v ɛ l ᵻ d əNoah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language Veleda Main belt 31 December 2006 (JD 2454100.5) 364.816 Gm AU 3 on 2003-08-29 https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=126 126 Velleda JPL Small-Body Database Browser NASA JPL 2007-03-12 326.153 Gm AU 3 on 403.523 Gm AU 3 on 0.1060806 1391.107 days years 2 2.92451° 23.47325° 327.94065° 117.027° 44.82 1.3 km 5.364 0.003 hDovgopol, A. N. Kruglyi, Iu. N. Shevchenko, V. G. Asteroid 126 Velleda – Rotation period and magnitude-phase curve Acta Astronomica 1992 42 1 67–72 1992AcA....42...67D S 9.27 0.1723 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 1391.107 days years 2 out off and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.11. The orbital plane is inclined by 2.9° to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a cross-section diameter of ~45 km. This asteroid has had multiple studies of its rotation period, yielding an adopted period of 5.3672 h. During each rotation the brightness varies by 0.22 magnitudes. References 126 Velleda (A872 VA) JPL Solar System Dynamics https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=126%20Velleda 2026-05-18 . Lightcurves and Rotation Periods of 102 Miriam, 126 Velleda, 294 Felicia 547 Praxedis, 716 Berkeley, 1166 Sakuntala, and 2535 Hameenlinna Pilcher Frederick Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 50 4 313–317 October 2023 2023MPBu...50..313P . Rotation Period Determinations for 28 Bellona, 81 Terpsichore, 126 Velleda 150 Nuwa, 161 Athor, 419 Aurelia, and 632 Pyrrha Pilcher Frederick Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 38 3 156–158 July 2011 2011MPBu...38..156P . Rotational Study of Asteroid 126 Velleda Ruthroff John C. Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 45 2 166 April 2018 2018MPBu...45..166R External links 126 125 Liberatrix 126 127 Johanna 000126 000126 Category:Discoveries by Paul Henry and Prosper Henry Category:Named minor planets 18721105