1564 Srbija (), provisional designation , is a dark

asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...

from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 36 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 October 1936, by Serbian astronomer

Milorad Protić Milorad (Cyrillic script: Милорад; Polish language, Polish: Miłorad) is an old Serbian masculine given name derived from the Slavic names, Slavic elements: ''milo'' meaning "gracious, dear" and ''rad'' meaning "work, care, joy". The feminine ...

at the Belgrade Astronomical Observatory in Serbia. It is named for the country of Serbia.

Classification and orbit

The C-type asteroid is also classified as an X-type in the

Tholen Tholen () is a 25,000 people municipality in the southwest of the Netherlands. The municipality of Tholen takes its name from the town of Tholen, which is the largest population center in the municipality. The municipality consists of two peninsu ...

taxonomy. It orbits the Sun in the

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Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
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Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
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– Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend

– Minor Planet Center * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Srbija 001564 Discoveries by Milorad B. Protić Named minor planets 001564 19361015