3884 Alferov

Summary

3884 Alferov is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3884 Alferov is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 3884 Alferov's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3884 Alferov's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Zhores Alferov is named after 3884 Alferov^[6].
• 3884 Alferov's follows is recorded as Q152296^[7].
• 3884 Alferov's followed by is recorded as 3885 Bogorodskij^[8].
• 3884 Alferov's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3884 Alferov's Commons category is recorded as 3884 Alferov^[10].
• 3884 Alferov's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 3884 Alferov's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 VL3^[12].
• 3884 Alferov's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 DY^[13].
• 3884 Alferov's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 EM1^[14].
• 3884 Alferov's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 QD4^[15].
• 3884 Alferov's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 TJ12^[16].
• 3884 Alferov's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-03-13T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 3884 Alferov's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0qdb^[18].
• 3884 Alferov's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003884^[19].
• 3884 Alferov's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 3884 Alferov's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[21].
• 3884 Alferov's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1380294'}^[22].
• 3884 Alferov's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.138039816616064'}^[23].
• 3884 Alferov's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[24].
• 3884 Alferov's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.23'}^[25].
• 3884 Alferov's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.16106'}^[26].
• 3884 Alferov's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.158902929098207'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3884 Alferov's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Zhores Alferov is named after 3884 Alferov^[6].

Why It Matters

3884 Alferov ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]