(1705) Tapio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1941 by L. Oterma at Turku.
Named for the guardian spirit of the forest in Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. Tapio is also a common boy's name in Finland.Naming citation (MPC 5281), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tapio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tapio is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1705 |
| Provisional designation | 1941 SL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.0 km (#4,096 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Rotation period | 25.4 hours |
| Spectral type | B |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.74 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.245 |
| Inclination | 7.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.732 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.