5222 Ioffe

Summary

5222 Ioffe is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5222 Ioffe is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 5222 Ioffe's image is recorded as Ioffe.GIF^[4].
• 5222 Ioffe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5222 Ioffe's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[6].
• Abram Ioffe is named after 5222 Ioffe^[7].
• 5222 Ioffe's follows is recorded as 5221 Fabribudweis^[8].
• 5222 Ioffe's followed by is recorded as 5223 McSween^[9].
• 5222 Ioffe's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 5222 Ioffe's Commons category is recorded as 5222 Ioffe^[11].
• 5222 Ioffe's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 5222 Ioffe's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 LP^[13].
• 5222 Ioffe's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 TL13^[14].
• 5222 Ioffe's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 TG1^[15].
• 5222 Ioffe's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-10-11T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 5222 Ioffe's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y48bq^[17].
• 5222 Ioffe's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005222^[18].
• 5222 Ioffe's asteroid spectral type is recorded as B-type asteroid^[19].
• 5222 Ioffe's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 5222 Ioffe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.143677'}^[21].
• 5222 Ioffe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1429410'}^[22].
• 5222 Ioffe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.144890847212837'}^[23].
• 5222 Ioffe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.4'}^[24].
• 5222 Ioffe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.5'}^[25].
• 5222 Ioffe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.57'}^[26].
• 5222 Ioffe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+34.576'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5222 Ioffe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Abram Ioffe is named after 5222 Ioffe^[7].

Why It Matters

5222 Ioffe ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]