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738 Alagasta

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Discovered by
  
Franz Kaiser

Alternative names
  
1913 QO

Aphelion
  
3.2040 AU (479.31 Gm)

Discovered
  
7 January 1913

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
7 January 1913

Observation arc
  
103.27 yr (37720 d)

Perihelion
  
2.8698 AU (429.32 Gm)

Absolute magnitude
  
10.13

Discoverer
  
Franz Kaiser

Discovery site
  
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory

Similar
  
516 Amherstia, 441 Bathilde, 276 Adelheid, 193 Ambrosia, 958 Asplinda

738 Alagasta is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. The asteroid is roughly 63 km in diameter and has a low albedo.

References

738 Alagasta Wikipedia