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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Karachkina, L. G. |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | October 21, 1982 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 3668 |
| Named after | Ilf and Petrov |
| Alternate name(s) | 1982 UM7 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.4137418 |
| Peri | 1.9618396 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1032782 |
| Orbital period | 1181.9717396 |
| Mean anomaly | 150.30084 |
| Inclination | 3.07380 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 194.13248 |
| Argument of peri | 31.44715 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
3668 Ilfpetrov (1982 UM7) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 21, 1982 by Karachkina, L. G. at Nauchnyj. The asteroid is named for Ilf and Petrov, two collaborative Soviet satirists best known for their novel, The Twelve Chairs.
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