262 Valda [SEP] discoverer or inventor
262 Valda
Valda (minor planet designation: 262 Valda) is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 3 November 1886 in Vienna. The origin of the name is unknown.
Photometric observations of this asteroid from the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico, during 2010 gave a light curve with a period of 17.386 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.17 ± 0.02 magnitude.
References.
- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
Dorotea Guillermina La Boine de Berghe
- 259. María Vicenta de la Cerda y Palafox
- 260. María Francisca Núñez del Castillo y Montalvo
- 261. Agustina de Mendizábal e Irisarri
- 262. María Teresa Josefa de Ugarte y Risel
- 263. Luisa Felicidad Correa de Sotomayor
- 264. María Francisca de la Cabeza de Cascajares y Muñoz Serrano
- 265. María de los Dolores Pacheco y Gómez de Barreda
- 266. Ana Agapita de Valda y Teijeiro de Valcárcel
- 267.