(2091) Sampo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 April 1941 by Y. Vaisala at Turku.
Named for the wonder-object in Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. Sampo was to produce every kind of fortune. When Kalevala and Pohjola (the North) were fighting for its possession, out at sea, it broke into pieces, and only tiny fragments could be found.Naming citation (MPC 5450), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sampo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sampo is 3.05 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2091 |
| Provisional designation | 1941 HO |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 23.0 km (#1,853 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Rotation period | 71.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.44 |
| Orbital period | 5.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0556 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.87 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by Y. Vaisala
- (1391) Carelia
- (1398) Donnera
- (1405) Sibelius
- (1406) Komppa
- (1407) Lindelof
- (1421) Esperanto
- (1424) Sundmania
- (1446) Sillanpaa
- (1447) Utra
- (1448) Lindbladia
- (1449) Virtanen
- (1450) Raimonda
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