973 Aralia
973 Aralia ("prov. designation:" "or" ) is an asteroid of the Ursula family located in the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 18 March 1922, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany. The Xk-type asteroid has a rotation period of 7.3 hours. It was named after the genus of ivy-like plant "Aralia", also known as "spikenard".
Q1645659
prov. designation
Concept
Q3863
asteroid
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Q249083
Ursula family
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Q2179
asteroid belt
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Q77026
Karl Reinmuth
PER
Q27115
Heidelberg Observatory
LOC
Q2314759
X
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Q185981
rotation period
UNK
Q132636
Aralia
Concept
Q158395
973 Aralia
CEL
1922-03-18T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
18 March 1922
DATE
+973^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
973
NUMBER
+7.3^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
7.3
NUMBER
instance of
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
time of discovery or invention