3620 Platonov

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Platonov

Discovery and designation
Discovered by	L. G. Karachkina
Discovery site	Nauchnyj
Discovery date	September 7, 1981
Designations
MPC designation	3620
Named after	Andrei Platonov
Alternate name(s)	1981 RU2
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap	3.3170466
Peri	2.6686470
Eccentricity	0.1083249
Orbital period	1891.1464508
Mean anomaly	30.40775
Inclination	8.96832
Longitude of ascending node	272.45280
Argument of peri	126.40379
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.2

3620 Platonov (1981 RU2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1981 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj and named for Soviet writer Andrei Platonov.

References

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3620 Platonov

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