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3054 Strugatskia

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Discovered by
  
N. S. Chernykh

Alternative names
  
1977 RE7

Discovered
  
11 September 1977

Discoverer
  
Nikolai Chernykh

MPC designation
  
3054

Discovery date
  
11 September 1977

Observation arc
  
31893 days (87.32 yr)

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Aphelion
  
3.7465650 AU (560.47815 Gm)

Perihelion
  
2.4416800 AU (365.27013 Gm)

Discovery site
  
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

Similar
  
Solar System, 2577 Litva, Sun

3054 Strugatskia (1977 RE7) is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh at Nauchnyj on September 11, 1977. It is named after The Strugatsky brothers, Soviet science fiction authors.

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3054 Strugatskia Wikipedia