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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | L. Zhuravleva |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | September 26, 1974 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2740 |
| Named after | Viktor Tsoi |
| Alternate name(s) | 1974 SY4 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.2010948 |
| Peri | 2.8031896 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0662702 |
| Orbital period | 1899.9637424 |
| Mean anomaly | 250.79897 |
| Inclination | 9.35744 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 197.98531 |
| Argument of peri | 99.09395 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0805 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.7 |
2740 Tsoj (1974 SY4) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1974 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Named in memory of Viktor Tsoi (1962-1990), poet, composer, and soloist of the Soviet rock-group Kino.
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