126 Velleda

126 Velleda is a Main belt asteroid. It is probably a rather typical, albeit sizable, S-type asteroid. It was discovered by Paul Henry on November 5, 1872 in Paris, France. It was his first credited discovery. He and his brother Prosper Henry discovered a total of 14 asteroids.

This asteroid rotates once every 5 days, 8 hours and 44 minutes. During each rotation the light curve varies by 0.22 magnitudes.

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