5222 Ioffe
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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 |
| 1980 TL13 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.176 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.370 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.1453 |
| 1686.524 d | |
| 209.373° | |
| Inclination | 34.576° |
| 220.740° | |
| 331.233° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 0.1463 | |
| 11.00 | |
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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.[1]
Rotating frame animation in reference to Pallas, showing how Ioffe is in the group with the obvious 1:1 resonance.
References
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (December 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 33 (4): 85–88, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...85W.
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