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131 Vala

main-belt asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q137874

Facts

28 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
130 Elektra[5]
Followed by
132 Aethra[6]
Absolute magnitude
+10.0[18]
Albedo
+0.105, +0.246
Apoapsis
+2.60033480515962
Argument of periapsis
+161.3881300889271
Asteroid spectral type
S-type asteroid, X-type asteroid[14][15]
Diameter
+31.337
Discoverer or inventor
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
+65.55597033765629[24]
Mass
+69[21]
Mean anomaly
+92.1653279603533
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
seeress[4]
Orbital eccentricity
+0.06942735097180285[17]
Orbital inclination
+4.958, +4.963152030708535[19][20]
Orbital period
+1384.890383728868[22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
+2.262706714765339
Provisional designation
1945 KA, 1952 DS3, 1953 QE, A873 KA[9][10][11][12]
Rotation period
+5.1812[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.43152075996248
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Significant event
naming[16]
Site of astronomical discovery
Litchfield Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
May 24, 1873[13]
Time of periapsis
+2460645.94756554
🏷️ Also known as
en (131) Vala en Vala de 131 Vala el 131 Βάλα fa سیارک ۱۳۱ ja ヴァラ ru 1945 KA ru (131) Вала ru 1952 DS3 ru 1953 QE ru Вала th 131 วาลา uk 131 Вала vi A873 KA zh 宕怪星
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/037ft7
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000131
Minor Planet Center body ID
131
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "Vala"]

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Summary

131 Vala is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Sixth Revised and Enlarged Edition). wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Kwamikagami · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase ID → /m/037ft7
    Significant event → naming
    Followed by → 132 Aethra
    Epoch → November 21, 2025
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Astronomic symbol image: Vala symbol (fixed width).svg"
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