(8984) Derevyanko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Cinema-artist Tatiana Timofeevna Derevyanko is director of the Dovzhenko Museum at the Dovzhenko Film Studio in Kiev.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Derevyanko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Derevyanko is 3.22 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8984 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 QD3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.30 km (#10,042 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.361 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.39 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.242 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Tatiana
All asteroids named after someone called Tatiana
Also discovered on 22 August 1977
- (2208) Pushkin
- (2287) Kalmykia
- (2338) Bokhan
- (2376) Martynov
- (2887) Krinov
- (2915) Moskvina
- (3112) Velimir
- (3448) Narbut
- (4520) Dovzhenko
- (8609) Shuvalov