(1550) Tito
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Asteroid (1550) Tito |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.544 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.313 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.748 AU - 3.339 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.86 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.06 a or 1481.7 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.67 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 11 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | 54.2 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.8 mag |
| Spectral class | S type |
| history | |
| Explorer | Milorad B. Protic |
| Date of discovery | October 15, 1936 |
| Another name | 1937 WD, 1941 XA, 1941 YE, 1945 WB, 1949 UR, 1983 CG 3 |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(1550) Tito is an asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter . It was discovered on October 15, 1936 by the Serbian astronomer Milorad B. Protić . The asteroid was named after Josip Broz Tito after World War II .
features
Its exact composition was determined in 1995 and 2002 by high-resolution spectral analyzes, with which Tito could be classified as an S-type. Accordingly, the major part of its composition consists of silicates . Its albedo is 0.26. Tito has an eccentricity value of 0.312. The inclination of its orbit plane to the reference plane is about 8.86 °.
See also
source
- (1550) Tito in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
literature
- Minor Planet Bul. 31, 2004, authors Cooney, Pozzoli, Gross, pp. 23-24