(3971) Voronikhin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 December 1979 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Where Voronikhin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Voronikhin is 2.39 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3971 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 YM8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 32.0 km (#1,277 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Rotation period | 5.55 hours |
| Spectral type | Ch |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.4 |
| Orbital period | 4.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 13.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 December 1979
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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