131 Vala

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name=131 Vala
discoverer=Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
discovered=May 24, 1873
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=363.764 Gm (2.432 AU)
perihelion=339.381 Gm (2.269 AU)
aphelion=388.147 Gm (2.595 AU)
eccentricity=0.067
period=1384.969 d (3.79 a)
inclination=4.958°
asc_node=65.772°
arg_peri=159.106°
mean_anomaly=101.289°
avg_speed=19.08 km/s
dimensions=40.4 km
mass=6.9e|16 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0113 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0214 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=Xc
abs_magnitude=10.03
albedo=?
single_temperature=~178 K

131 Vala is an inner Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on May 24, 1873, and named after Völva, a prophetess in Norse mythology. One observation of an occultation of a star by Vala is from Italy (May 26, 2002).