Discovered by N. S. Chernykh MPC designation 5222 Ioffe Observation arc 22958 days (62.86 yr) Orbits Sun Named after Abram Ioffe | Discovery date 11 October 1980 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 11 October 1980 Discoverer Nikolai Chernykh Asteroid family Pallas family | |
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Alternative names 1980 TL13; 1978 LP
1989 TG1 Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory 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.
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