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Discovered 1884 Oct. 14 by J. Palisa at Vienna.
Named possibly for the wife of Rama in the Sanskrit epic The Ramayana. It is a symbol of the ideal spouse and of everlasting faith. (H 29)
Named by Baron von Pfungen (BAJ Circ., No. 247 (1885)).
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(2003). (244) Sita. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_245
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