778 Theobalda
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778 Theobalda is a minor planet
orbiting the Sun
, in the main asteroid belt. It was discovered by Franz Kaiser
on 25 January 1914.
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...
, in the main asteroid belt. It was discovered by Franz Kaiser
Franz Kaiser
Franz Kaiser was a German astronomer.He worked at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl Observatory from 1911 to 1914 while working on his Ph.D. there, which he obtained in 1915. During this time Heidelberg was a center of asteroid discovery, and Kaiser discovered a number of asteroids during his time...
on 25 January 1914.