(3884) Alferov

Asteroid (3884) Alferov
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family	Themis family
Major semi-axis	3.1136 AU
eccentricity	0.1388
Perihelion - aphelion	2.6813 AU - 3.5459 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	1.1621 °
Length of the ascending node	9.5044 °
Argument of the periapsis	113.9191 °
Sidereal period	5.49 a
Mean orbital velocity	16.88 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	13.1 mag
history
Explorer	NS Tschernych
Date of discovery	March 13, 1977
Another name	1977 EM ₁ , 1969 VL ₃ , 1971 DY, 1979 QD ₄ , 1980 TJ ₁₂
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(3884) Alferov is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on March 13, 1977 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).

The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

(3884) Alferov was named on February 22, 1997 after the Russian physicist Shores Iwanowitsch Alfjorow (1930-2019), who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 and was the age-president of the Russian Duma .

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