182 Elsa is a Main belt asteroid that was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 7 1878. The origin of the name is uncertain; it may be named after the character in the legend of Lohengrin perpetuated by Richard Wagner’s opera of the same name. Based upon its spectrum it is classified as a stony S-type asteroid.It rotates very slowly; in 1980 its rotation period (or day) was estimated to be about 3.3 Earth days.
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