1114 Lorraine is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun

Sun

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. It was discovered by Alexandre Schaumasse

Alexandre Schaumasse

Alexandre Schaumasse was a French astronomer.He discovered the periodic comet 24P/Schaumasse. He also discovered two non-periodic comets: C/1913 J1 or 1913 II; and C/1917 H1 or 1917 II....

 on November 17, 1928 at Nice, France

France

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. It was independently discovered a day later by L. Volta 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...

, Italy

Italy

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. Its provisional designation was 1928 WA. It was named after the region and former duchy in northeastern France, a remnant of the medieval kingdom Lotharingia

Lotharingia

Lotharingia was a region in northwest Europe, comprising the Low Countries, the western Rhineland, the lands today on the border between France and Germany, and what is now western Switzerland. It was born of the tripartite division in 855, of the kingdom of Middle Francia, itself formed of the...

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