(3471) Amelin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Amelin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Amelin is 3.18 au from the Sun and 4.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3471 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 QK2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 29.3 km (#1,405 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.65 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.05 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0460 |
| Inclination | 15.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 August 1977
- (2439) Ulugbek
- (2529) Rockwell Kent
- (2671) Abkhazia
- (4010) Nikol'skij
- (4391) Balodis
- (4882) Divari
- (7216) Ishkov
- (7976) Pinigin
- (11788) Nauchnyj
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
- (1796) Riga
- (1836) Komarov
- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
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