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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | August 20, 1979 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 3618 |
| Named after | Aleksandr Kuprin |
| Alternate name(s) | 1979 QP8 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.7203469 |
| Peri | 2.5820021 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1806223 |
| Orbital period | 2043.1822018 |
| Mean anomaly | 68.20114 |
| Inclination | 2.01071 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 233.52947 |
| Argument of peri | 95.89725 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.5 |
3618 Kuprin (1979 QP8) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 20, 1979 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
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