1191 Alfaterna
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1191 Alfaterna is a main belt
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...

 asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

 discovered on February 11, 1931 by Luigi Volta at the Observatory of Turin
Observatory of Turin
The Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Italy's Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica...

 at Pino Torinese
Pino Torinese
Pino Torinese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 6 km southeast of Turin...

. It is named for the Roman town of Nuceria Alfaterna, now known as Nocera Inferiore
Nocera Inferiore
Nocera Inferiore, formerly Nocera dei Pagani, is a town and comune in Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, at the foot of Monte Albino, 20 km east-south-east of Naples by rail.-History:...

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