(3738) Ots Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Ots is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ots is 1.85 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3738 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 QA1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.04 km (#7,603 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.271 |
| Rotation period | 4.17 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.168 |
| Inclination | 1.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.834 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 August 1977
- (2207) Antenor
- (2254) Requiem
- (2295) Matusovskij
- (2389) Dibaj
- (2564) Kayala
- (2793) Valdaj
- (3084) Kondratyuk
- (3557) Sokolsky
- (6684) Volodshevchenko
- (7628) Evgenifedorov
- (7629) Foros
- (8450) Egorov
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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