256 Walpurga Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 256 Walpurga . . . 11 May 2016.