| Minorplanet: | yes |
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| 256 Walpurga | |
| Discovered: | 3 April 1886 |
| Mpc Name: | (256) Walpurga |
| Alt Names: | A886 GA, 1951 VJ |
| Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Semimajor: | 2.99972AU |
| Perihelion: | 2.79984AU |
| Aphelion: | 3.1996abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Eccentricity: | 0.066634 |
| Period: | 5.20 yr (1897.7 d) |
| Inclination: | 13.3281° |
| Asc Node: | 182.937° |
| Arg Peri: | 46.5713° |
| Rotation: | 16.664abbr=onNaNabbr=on 16.64 h |
| Abs Magnitude: | 9.9 |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Orbit Ref: | [1] |
| Observation Arc: | 130.04 yr (47496 d) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
256 Walpurga is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 3 April 1886 in Vienna and was named after Saint Walburga.
Photometric observations at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana, during 2007 were used to build a light curve for this asteroid. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 16.64 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.38 ± 0.02 in magnitude.