2754 Efimov

[2] Efimov orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.7–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,214 days).

[1] It is also characterized as a L-type asteroid by PanSTARRS photometric survey.

In 2006, astronomers discovered a minor-planet moon around Efimov using lightcurve observations, with a diameter of 1.29 kilometers and an orbital period of 14 hours and 46 minutes.

[3][4] This minor planet named in memory of Russian aviator Mikhail Nikiforovich Efimov (Russian: М. Н. Ефимов; 1881–1919), who was the first to realize steep turns and dives.

[2][7] The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 31 May 1988 (M.P.C.