1097 Vicia
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1097 Vicia is a minor planet
orbiting the Sun
. Initially it received the designation 1928 PC. The numerical designation indicates this was the 1097th asteroid discovered. It was named for the Vicia
genus of plants.
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
orbiting the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
. Initially it received the designation 1928 PC. The numerical designation indicates this was the 1097th asteroid discovered. It was named for the Vicia
Vicia
Vicia is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants commonly known as vetches. It is in the legume family . Member species are native to Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa. Some other genera of their subfamily Faboideae also have names containing "vetch", for example the...
genus of plants.