It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 1.9–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,502 days).
[7] In October 2013, a rotational lightcurve of Alimov was obtained from photometric observations made by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California.
It gave a relatively long rotation period of 78.1729 hours with a brightness variation of 0.26 magnitude (U=2).
[2] Alimov is known for his theoretical and experimental work on aquatic ecosystems and for the study on the prevention of ecological crisis.
[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 March 2004 (M.P.C.