5222 Ioffe

5222 Ioffe
Rotating frame animation in reference to Jupiter. Each frame 81 years.
Discovery [1]
Discovered byN. S. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date11 October 1980
Designations
(5222) Ioffe
Named after
Abram Ioffe
(Soviet physicist)[2]
1980 TL13 · 1978 LP
1989 TG1
main-belt [1][3] · (middle)
Pallas [4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc64.08 yr (23,405 days)
Aphelion3.1728 AU
Perihelion2.3788 AU
2.7758 AU
Eccentricity0.1430
4.62 yr (1,689 days)
172.25°
0° 12m 47.16s / day
Inclination34.539°
220.66°
331.02°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions17.989±0.093 km[5]
21.73 km[6]
19.4 h[6]
0.1031[6]
0.1463±0.012
0.202±0.041[5]
B (SMASSII)[1]
11.4[1]

5222 Ioffe, provisional designation 1980 TL13, is a rare-type carbonaceous Palladian asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 11 October 1980, by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, Crimea.[3] It is the largest of the Palladian asteroids apart from Pallas itself.

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