1550 Tito
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. B. Protitch |
| Discovery site | Belgrade Obs. |
| Discovery date | 29 November 1937 |
| Designations | |
| (1550) Tito | |
Named after | Josip Broz Tito (statesman) |
| 1937 WD · 1941 XA 1941 YE · 1945 WB 1949 UR · 1983 CG3 | |
| main-belt · (middle) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 79.34 yr (28,979 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.3418 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7471 AU |
| 2.5444 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.3134 |
| 4.06 yr (1,482 days) | |
| 256.39° | |
| 0° 14m 34.08s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.8802° |
| 64.500° | |
| 311.14° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 9.47±2.13 km 11.391±0.108 km 11.45±0.28 km 11.98±0.15 km 12.39 km (calculated) 12.431±0.062 km 12.88±2.28 km 13.652±2.335 km |
| 30±1 h 54.2±0.3 h 54.53±0.01 h | |
| 0.181±0.055 0.20 (assumed) 0.2021±0.0196 0.22±0.09 0.239±0.007 0.25±0.10 0.257±0.045 | |
| SMASS = S · S | |
| 11.8 · 11.9 · 11.96±0.39 · 12.12 | |
1550 Tito, provisional designation 1937 WD, is a stony asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 29 November 1937, by Serbian astronomer Milorad B. Protić at the Belgrade Astronomical Observatory in Serbia. It was named for Yugoslavian statesman Josip Broz Tito.