1517 Beograd

1517 Beograd is a minor planet or asteroid. It was discovered on March 20, 1938 by Milorad B. Protić at Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Serbia. It was named for the city of Belgrade. It is an X-type asteroid and a member of the Padua family of minor planets that share similar dynamic properties.[1]

References

  1. Carruba, V. (May 2009), "The (not so) peculiar case of the Padua family", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 395 (1): 358–377, Bibcode:2009MNRAS.395..358C, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14523.x.