(1554) Yugoslavia

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Asteroid
(1554) Yugoslavia
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eunomia family
Major semi-axis 2,620  AU
eccentricity 0.202
Perihelion - aphelion 2.096 AU - 3.143 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.15 °
Sidereal period 4.24 a or 1548.6 d
Mean orbital velocity 18.40 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 16 km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 11.2 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer Milorad B. Protic
Date of discovery September 6, 1940
Another name 1932 YA, 1935 JN, 1936 UH, 1940 RE, 1948 MH
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.

(1554) Yugoslavia is an asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter . It was discovered on September 6, 1940 by the Serbian astronomer Milorad B. Protić and named by him after the then Kingdom of Yugoslavia . Its exact composition is not known, which is why it was not typed. The eccentricity of its orbit is 0.202.

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