1671 Chaika (1934 TD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3 1934 by Neujmin G. at Simeis. The name (Russian for seagull) commemorates the call sign of cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space.The light curve of 1671 Chaika shows a periodicity of 3.774 ± 0.003 hours during which time the brightness of the object varies by 0.18 ± 0.03 in magnitude.
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