683 Lanzia is a minor planet

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...

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It is named after the fungus Lanzia

Lanzia

Lanzia is a genus of fungi within the Rutstroemiaceae family.-External links:*...

. Observations during two last occultation 18 and 22 december 2010 (P.Baruffetti, G. Tonlorenzi - Massa , G. Bonatti - Carrara, R. Di Luca - Bologna (Italy), C. Schnabel - S. Estebe, J. Rovira - Moja (Spain)) mesured a 122,5 km diameter (medium) and an Albedo of 0,0705 compatible with carbonaced asteroids (C group)

External links

• Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets