(22) Kalliope I Linus is an asteroid moon that orbits the large M-type asteroid 22 Kalliope. It was discovered on August 29 2001 by astronomers Jean-Luc Margot and Michael E. Brown with the Keck telescope. Another team also detected the moon with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on September 2 2001. Both telescopes are on Mauna Kea. It received the provisional designation S/2001 (22) 1 until it was named.
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