3971 Voronikhin

Summary

3971 Voronikhin is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3971 Voronikhin is credited with the discovery of Lyudmila Zhuravlyova^[3].
• 3971 Voronikhin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3971 Voronikhin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Andrey Voronikhin is named after 3971 Voronikhin^[6].
• 3971 Voronikhin's follows is recorded as 3970 Herran^[7].
• 3971 Voronikhin's followed by is recorded as 3972 Richard^[8].
• 3971 Voronikhin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3971 Voronikhin's Commons category is recorded as 3971 Voronikhin^[10].
• 3971 Voronikhin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 3971 Voronikhin's provisional designation is recorded as 1940 WQ^[12].
• 3971 Voronikhin's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 YD^[13].
• 3971 Voronikhin's provisional designation is recorded as 1956 AJ1^[14].
• 3971 Voronikhin's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 BF3^[15].
• 3971 Voronikhin's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 XP^[16].
• 3971 Voronikhin's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 YM8^[17].
• 3971 Voronikhin's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 AD^[18].
• 3971 Voronikhin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-12-23T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 3971 Voronikhin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04g0lz8^[20].
• 3971 Voronikhin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003971^[21].
• 3971 Voronikhin's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[22].
• 3971 Voronikhin's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 3971 Voronikhin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[24].
• 3971 Voronikhin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1845944'}^[25].
• 3971 Voronikhin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1833040663127705'}^[26].
• 3971 Voronikhin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.3'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3971 Voronikhin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Andrey Voronikhin is named after 3971 Voronikhin^[6].

Why It Matters

3971 Voronikhin ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]