581 Tauntonia
Outer main-belt asteroid
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
581 Tauntonia is a dark Alauda asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 61 kilometers in diameter.[2]
Discoverydate24 December 1905
Pronunciation/tɔːnˈtoʊniə/
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. H. Metcalf |
| Discovery site | Taunton, Massachusetts |
| Discovery date | 24 December 1905 |
| Designations | |
| Pronunciation | /tɔːnˈtoʊniə/ |
| 1905 SH | |
| main-belt · (outer) Alauda[1] | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 110.15 yr (40233 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.3180 AU (496.37 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 3.1101 AU (465.26 Gm) |
| 3.2140 AU (480.81 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.032339 |
| 5.76 yr (2104.6 d) | |
| 24.277° | |
| 0° 10m 15.78s / day | |
| Inclination | 21.878° |
| 102.603° | |
| 28.971° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 61.481±0.265 km[2] |
| 16.54 h (0.689 d)[2] | |
| 0.031±0.005[2] | |
| Xk (SMASSII)[2] | |
| 9.8[2] | |
The asteroid is a member of the Alauda family (902),[1] a large family of typically bright carbonaceous asteroids and named after its parent body, 702 Alauda.[3]: 23
_mathilde.jpg){kind=small}