(3600) Archimedes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
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Where Archimedes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Archimedes is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3600 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 SL7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.77 km (#7,911 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.321 |
| Rotation period | 5.44 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 7.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 September 1978
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- (3558) Shishkin
- (3586) Vasnetsov
- (3655) Eupraksia
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- (3863) Gilyarovskij
More named asteroids discovered by L. V. Zhuravleva
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- (2015) Kachuevskaya
- (2098) Zyskin
- (2130) Evdokiya
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- (2188) Orlenok
- (2233) Kuznetsov
- (2283) Bunke
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