 "Mellena" is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements.It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 2.1–3.3 AU once every 4 years and 5 months (1,610 days; semi-major axis of 2.69 AU).Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.22 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic.