 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.This minor planet was named after the brothers Arkady Strugatsky (1925–1991) and Boris Strugatsky (1933–2012), two Russian of science fiction writers who often worked in collaboration.The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 2 July 1985 ().