(131) Vala

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(131 ) Vala is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt, which was discovered on May 24, 1873 by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters.

It was named after celestial bodies Vala, a visionary and wise woman from Norse mythology.

Vala moves between 2.268 ( perihelion ) astronomical units to 2,595 astronomical units ( aphelion ) in 3.79 years of the sun. The orbit is inclined 4.958 ° to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.067.

Vala has a diameter of 40 km. It has a relatively bright silicate-containing surface with an albedo of 0.105.

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