1117 Reginita is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun

Sun

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. It was discovered by Josep Comas Solá

Josep Comas Solá

Josep Comas i Solà was a Catalan Spanish astronomer.He observed planets including Mars and Saturn, measuring the period of rotation of the latter...

 on May 29, 1927 at Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Spain

Spain

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. Its provisional designation was 1927 KA. It was named in honor of the niece of its observer. It completes one revolution around the Sun

Sun

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approximately once every 3 years and completes one rotation once every 3 hours.