The asteroid was named after the brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, two Russian science fiction authors.
[5]: 23 As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Strugatskia has been obtained from photometric observations.
The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.
[2] According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Strugatskia measures 26.921 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.056, typical for carbonaceous asteroids.
The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 2 July 1985 (M.P.C.