| Minorplanet: | yes |
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| 126 Velleda | |
| Discovered: | November 5, 1872 |
| Mpc Name: | (126) Velleda |
| Alt Names: | A872 VA; 1949 YF; |
| Pronounced: | [1] |
| Epoch: | December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) |
| Semimajor: | 364.8163NaN3[2] |
| Perihelion: | 326.1533NaN3 |
| Aphelion: | 403.5233NaN3 |
| Eccentricity: | 0.1060806 |
| Period: | 1391.107days |
| Inclination: | 2.92451° |
| Asc Node: | 23.47325° |
| Arg Peri: | 327.94065° |
| Mean Anomaly: | 117.027° |
| Surface Grav: | 0.0125 m/s2 |
| Escape Velocity: | 0.0237 km/s |
| Rotation: | [3] |
| Abs Magnitude: | 9.27 |
| Albedo: | 0.1723 |
126 Velleda is a main-belt asteroid. It is probably a rather typical, albeit sizable, S-type asteroid. Named for Veleda, a priestess and prophet of the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri. It was discovered by Paul Henry on November 5, 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 with a period of 1391.107days 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 rotates once every 5.36 hours. During each rotation the brightness varies by 0.22 magnitudes.