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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Chernykh, N. |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 14, 1979 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 3120 |
| Named after | Daniil Granin |
| Alternate name(s) | 1979 RZ |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.3232451 |
| Peri | 2.7314275 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0977456 |
| Orbital period | 1923.9306673 |
| Mean anomaly | 146.60490 |
| Inclination | 12.95099 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 220.60142 |
| Argument of peri | 138.15660 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.6 |
3120 Dangrania (1979 RZ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1979 by Nikolai Chernykh at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. It is named after Daniil Granin, a Russian writer, best known as the authour of stories about Soviet intelligentsia.
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