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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2224 |
| Named after | Tucson |
| Alternate name(s) | 2528 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.0238024 |
| Peri | 2.7408710 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0490802 |
| Orbital period | 1787.3742564 |
| Mean anomaly | 330.70124 |
| Inclination | 2.66833 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 51.37901 |
| Argument of peri | 246.88115 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1242 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.10 |
2224 Tucson (2528 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
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