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1938 DP. Discovered 1938 Feb. 20 by Y. Väisälä at Turku.
Named in honor of Dr. Jean Jacques Raimond (1903–1961), president of the Dutch Astronomical Society, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde and director of the Zeiss planetarium at The Hague. (M 2347)
Name suggested by Jean Meeus.
Raimond is also honored by a lunar crater.
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(2003). (1450) Raimonda. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1451
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