Binomial random variable multiplied by a positive constant

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Suppose we have $$X \sim Bin(n, p)$$ Let $Y \equiv \frac{X}{n}$ such that $n>0$ What's the distribution of $Y$? Using expectation and variance properties we got that: $EY = p$ $VY = \frac{p(1-p)}{n}$ Is also $Y$ binomial?