Discovered 24 February 1938 Orbits Sun Discovery site Iso-Heikkilä Observatory | Absolute magnitude 11 Discoverer Yrjö Väisälä Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
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1552 Bessel (alternate designation 1938 DE) is a Main Belt asteroid.
It was discovered on February 24, 1938, by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku, Finland. It was named in honor of the German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel.
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