1554 Yugoslavia
Shape model of Yugoslavia from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. B. Protitch |
| Discovery site | Belgrade Obs. |
| Discovery date | 6 September 1940 |
| Designations | |
| (1554) Yugoslavia | |
Named after | Yugoslavia (country, 20th century) |
| 1940 RE · 1932 YA 1935 JN · 1936 UH 1948 MH | |
| main-belt · Eunomia | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 83.98 yr (30,672 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1486 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0889 AU |
| 2.6188 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2023 |
| 4.24 yr (1,548 days) | |
| 62.174° | |
| 0° 13m 57.36s / day | |
| Inclination | 12.151° |
| 217.12° | |
| 131.60° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 14.73±1.13 km 15.94 km (calculated) 16.185±0.107 km 17.198±0.160 km 21.39±1.31 km |
| 3.8876±0.0001 h 3.8879±0.0003 h 3.89±0.01 h | |
| 0.070±0.009 0.1043±0.0145 0.117±0.026 0.21 (assumed) 0.269±0.048 | |
| S | |
| 11.20 · 11.3 · 11.9 | |
1554 Yugoslavia, provisional designation 1940 RE, is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) in diameter. It was discovered by Serbian astronomer Milorad Protić at Belgrade Astronomical Observatory, Serbia, on 6 September 1940. It was named for the former country of Yugoslavia.