* Astronomy

Asteroid (796) Sarita (provisional designation: 1914 VH, 1930 HR, 1960 HE) is a 43.58 km wide minor planet found in the asteroid belt. Tholen (1989) initially classified it as type XD, although later authors treated it as an M-class body. The object's visual albedo is estimated at 0.209 and is considered characteristic of the latter type. 
The absolute magnitude of Sarita is 9.12. Zarita rotates once every 7 hours and 45 minutes.
The asteroid was discovered by by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg on the 15th October 1914

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