(3940) Larion Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 March 1973 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Where Larion is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Larion is 1.98 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3940 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 FE1 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.08 km (#10,464 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.566 |
| Rotation period | 84.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.79 |
| Orbital period | 2.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0564 |
| Inclination | 22.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.913 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 March 1973
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- (1959) Karbyshev
- (2015) Kachuevskaya
- (2098) Zyskin
- (2130) Evdokiya
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- (2233) Kuznetsov
- (2283) Bunke
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