5222 Ioffe

Ioffe
Rotating frame animation in reference to Jupiter. Each frame 81 years.
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Chernykh, N. S.
Discovery site Nauchnyj
Discovery date October 11, 1980
Designations
MPC designation 5222
Named after Abram Ioffe
Alternate name(s) 1980 TL13
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap 3.1756769
Peri 2.3700619
Eccentricity 0.1452674
Orbital period 1686.5240823
Mean anomaly 209.37275
Inclination 34.57649
Longitude of ascending node 220.74017
Argument of peri 331.23259
Geometric albedo 0.1463
Absolute magnitude (H) 11.00

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.

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