(1882) Rauma Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 1941 by L. Oterma at Turku.
Named for a Finnish town, famous for its seafaring and lace-making, that developed around a monastery in the first part of the fifteenth century. The area was already populated in the bronze age.Naming citation (MPC 5450), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rauma is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rauma is 3.28 au from the Sun and 3.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1882 |
| Provisional designation | 1941 UJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.8 km (#2,535 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.124 |
| Rotation period | 25.0 hours |
| Spectral type | K |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.62 |
| Orbital period | 5.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0916 |
| Inclination | 9.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 October 1941
- (1544) Vinterhansenia
- (1545) Thernoe
- (1695) Walbeck
- (2805) Kalle
- (2840) Kallavesi
- (2946) Muchachos
- (3381) Mikkola
- (3597) Kakkuri
More named asteroids discovered by L. Oterma
- (1504) Lappeenranta
- (1507) Vaasa
- (1522) Kokkola
- (1540) Kevola
- (1544) Vinterhansenia
- (1545) Thernoe
- (1558) Jarnefelt
- (1559) Kustaanheimo
- (1679) Nevanlinna
- (1680) Per Brahe
- (1695) Walbeck
- (1705) Tapio
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