(3157) Novikov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 1973 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Where Novikov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Novikov is 3.62 au from the Sun and 4.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3157 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 SX3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 29.9 km (#1,368 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Rotation period | 14.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.7 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 7.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 September 1973
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- (4811) Semashko
- (4877) Humboldt
- (5412) Rou
- (6162) Prokhorov
- (6682) Makarij
- (6938) Soniaterk
- (8319) Antiphanes
- (8773) Torquilla
- (8774) Viridis
- (8974) Gregaria
- (8982) Oreshek
More named asteroids discovered by L. V. Zhuravleva
- (1858) Lobachevskij
- (1859) Kovalevskaya
- (1909) Alekhin
- (1910) Mikhailov
- (1959) Karbyshev
- (2015) Kachuevskaya
- (2098) Zyskin
- (2130) Evdokiya
- (2173) Maresjev
- (2188) Orlenok
- (2233) Kuznetsov
- (2283) Bunke
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