[2][10] Zoya is a member of the Flora family, a large group of stony S-type asteroids in the inner main-belt.

It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.4 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,211 days).

[10] In May 2008, a rotational lightcurve of Zoya was obtained from photometric observations taken by astronomer James W. Brinsfield (G69), giving a rotation period of 5.753 hours with a brightness variation of 0.40 magnitude (U=2+),[7] superseding a previous period of 7.0 hours obtained by Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist in 1978 (U=2).

[5][6] According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Zoya measures 8.35 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo of 0.334,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, the largest member and namesake of this asteroid family – and calculates a diameter of 9.41 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.3.

[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 July 1972 (M.P.C.