Category
page 1Astronomical objects discovered in 1943
1563 Noël
asteroid
1732 Heike
asteroid
2333 Porthan
asteroid
1884 Skip
asteroid
1562 Gondolatsch
asteroid
2204 Lyyli
asteroid
2841 Puijo
asteroid
2988 Korhonen
asteroid
2502 Nummela
asteroid
2384 Schulhof
asteroid
5073 Junttura
asteroid
7267 Victormeen
minor planet
(5611) 1943 DL
main-belt minor planet
39P/Oterma
39P/Oterma is a currently inactive periodic comet with an orbital period of nearly 20 years that stays outside the orbit of Jupiter. The nucleus has a diameter around 4–5 km. It was last observed in August 2021 and came to perihelion in July 2023 while 1.2 AU from Jupiter. It made a moderately close approach to Jupiter in January 2025 and will next come to perihelion in July 2042 at distance of 5.9 AU from the Sun. Opposition has occurred on 11 November 2023.