1107 Lictoria

Infobox Planet | discovery= yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=1107 Lictoria [cite web | title="JPL Small-Body Database Browser" | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1107 | accessdate= October 9 | accessyear= 2007 ]
discoverer=Volta, L. at Pino Torinese
discovered=March 30, 1929
epoch=October 27, 2007 (JD 2454400.5) TDB
semimajor=3.1814565 AU)
perihelion=2.77562 AU
aphelion=3.1814565
eccentricity=0.1275631
period=2072.7046049 d (5.67 a)
inclination=7.06874°
asc_node=110.99438°
arg_peri=353.43329°
mean_anomaly=10.46116°
dimensions=79.17 km
rotation=8.561 h
abs_magnitude=9.10
albedo=0.0646

1107 Lictoria is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by L. Volta on March 30, 1929 at Pino Torinese, Italy, and it was independently discovered by Karl Reinmuth in Heidelberg, Germany on March 19, 1929. Its provisional designation was 1929 FB. Its name was derived from the symbol of the Italian fascist party, which was called "Fasci Littori," derived from Latin "Fasces Lictores." [cite book |last= Schmadel |first= Lutz D. |title= Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |publisher= Springer |year= 2003 |isbn= 3540002383 ]

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