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Discovered by
  
N. S. Chernykh

MPC designation
  
5222 Ioffe

Observation arc
  
22958 days (62.86 yr)

Orbits
  
Sun

Named after
  
Discovery date
  
11 October 1980

Minor planet category
  
main-belt

Discovered
  
11 October 1980

Discoverer
  
Asteroid family
  
Pallas family

5222 Ioffe

Alternative names
  
1980 TL13; 1978 LP1989 TG1

Similar
  
Solar System, Sun, 2577 Litva, 2 Pallas

5222 Ioffe (1980 TL13) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 11, 1980 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj. It is the largest of the Palladian asteroids apart from Pallas itself.

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 19.4 ± 0.2 hours with a brightness variation of 0.27 ± 0.03 magnitude.

References

5222 Ioffe Wikipedia


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