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1107 Lictoria

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Discovery date
  
30 March 1929

Discovered
  
30 March 1929

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Observatory of Turin

Observation arc
  
106.49 yr (38895 days)

Inclination
  
7.074579°

Discoverer
  
Luigi Volta

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovered by
  
Volta, L. at Pino Torinese

Aphelion
  
3.5809116 AU (535.69675 Gm)

Perihelion
  
2.786311 AU (416.8262 Gm)

Semi-major axis
  
3.1836113 AU (476.26147 Gm)

Similar
  
1111 Reinmuthia, 1102 Pepita, Sun, Asteroid belt, Solar System

1107 Lictoria is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by L. Volta on March 30, 1929, at Pino Torinese, Italy, and it was independently discovered by Karl Reinmuth in Heidelberg, Germany on March 19, 1929. Its provisional designation was 1929 FB. Its name was derived from the symbol of the Italian fascist party, which was called "Fasci Littori," derived from Latin "Fasces Lictores."

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1107 Lictoria Wikipedia


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