Claim: 3962 Valyaev was discovered by Smirnova on February 8, 1977 and was named after Russian astronomer Valerij Valyaev.
Evidence: It was discovered on 8 February 1967, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at Nauchnyj on the Crimean peninsula, and later named after Russian astronomer Valerij Valyaev.