Discovered by T. Smirnova MPC designation 2754 Efimov Minor planet category main-belt Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 13 August 1966 Named after Mikhail Efimov Discovered 13 August 1966 Moon S/2006 (2754) 1 | |
Alternative names 1966 PD · 1933 WF1966 RB · 1973 YR1 Similar 1338 Duponta, Asteroid belt, 1089 Tama, Solar System, 283 Emma | ||
2754 Efimov, provisionally named 1966 PD, is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on August 13, 1966 by Tamara Smirnova at Nauchnyj. It is named in memory of the aviator Mikhail Nikiforovich Efimov (1881–1919), who was the first to realize steep turns and dives.
Astronomers discovered a moon around the asteroid in 2006 using lightcurve observations, with a diameter of 1.29 kilometers and an orbital period of 14 hours and 46 minutes.
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