1494 Savo, named after the Finnish region of Savonia, was discovered by Y. Visl in the Turku Observatory on 16 September 1938 which is an asteroid of the main belt's background population that does not belong to any known asteroid family, and orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 1.92.5 AU once every 3 years and 3 months.
Discovered by astronomer Yrjo Vaisala at the Turku Observatory in 1938, the asteroid was later named after the Finnish region of Savonia. 1494 Savo 16 September 1938 Savo is an asteroid of the main belt's background population that does not belong to any known asteroid family. It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 1.92.5 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,184 days). 
