(38) Leda

(38) Leda is an asteroid that forms part of the asteroid belt and was discovered by Jean Chacornac on January 12, 1856 from the observatory in Paris, France. It is named after Leda, a character from Greek mythology.

Orbital characteristics

Leda orbits at an average distance of 2.74 ua from the Sun, being able to move away up to 3,167 ua and approach up to 2,314 ua. The eccentricity of it is 0.1556 and the orbital inclination 6.974°. It takes 1657 days to complete an orbit around the Sun.