Discovered by L. Volta Discovery date 4 February 1932 Named after Predappio | Discovery site Pino Torinese MPC designation 1238 Alternative names 1932 CA | |
1238 Predappia (1932 CA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1932, by L. Volta at Pino Torinese. It was later named after Predappio, the village where Benito Mussolini was born.
Photometric observations of the asteroid during 2006 at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, were used to generate a light curve with a period of 8.94 ± 0.02 hours and a variation in brightness of 0.03 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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