262 Valda

Summary

262 Valda is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 262 Valda is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 262 Valda's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 262 Valda's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[5].
• 262 Valda's follows is recorded as Q149702^[6].
• 262 Valda's followed by is recorded as Q149754^[7].
• 262 Valda's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 262 Valda's Commons category is recorded as 262 Valda^[9].
• 262 Valda's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 262 Valda's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 YR1^[11].
• 262 Valda's provisional designation is recorded as A886 VA^[12].
• 262 Valda's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1886-11-03T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 262 Valda's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0580ts^[14].
• 262 Valda's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000262^[15].
• 262 Valda's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[16].
• 262 Valda's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 262 Valda's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2121872099337431'}^[18].
• 262 Valda's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.68'}^[19].
• 262 Valda's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.709'}^[20].
• 262 Valda's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.668553253095511'}^[21].
• 262 Valda's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1489.62497014506'}^[22].
• 262 Valda's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+17.386'}^[23].
• 262 Valda's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+38.26916407921873'}^[24].
• 262 Valda's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.552617121156086'}^[25].
• 262 Valda's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0942498261233'}^[26].
• 262 Valda's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.010984416188873'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

262 Valda's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

262 Valda ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]