3963 Paradzhanov
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
| Discovery date | 8 October 1969 |
| Designations | |
| (3963) Paradzhanov | |
Named after | Sergei Parajanov (Soviet film director) |
| 1969 TP2 · 1979 HS3 1984 QR1 | |
| main-belt · (inner) Nysa | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 47.56 yr (17,373 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.9198 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9608 AU |
| 2.4403 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1965 |
| 3.81 yr (1,392 days) | |
| 197.62° | |
| 0° 15m 30.6s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.2758° |
| 109.71° | |
| 285.99° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 5.779±0.375 km |
| 0.192±0.023 | |
| 13.5 | |
3963 Paradzhanov, provisional designation 1969 TP2, is a Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 8 October 1969, by astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula. The asteroid was named after Soviet film director Sergei Parajanov (Sargis Paradzhanov) in 1996.