581 Tauntonia

581 Tauntonia
Discovery
Discovered by	J. H. Metcalf
Discovery site	Taunton, Massachusetts
Discovery date	24 December 1905
Designations
MPC designation	(581) Tauntonia
Pronunciation	/tɔːnˈtoʊniə/
Alternative designations	1905 SH
Minor planet category	main-belt · (outer); Alauda
Orbital characteristics
	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)
Semi-major axis	3.2140 AU (480.81 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.032339
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.76 yr (2104.6 d)
Mean anomaly	24.277°
Mean motion	0° 10m 15.78s / day
Inclination	21.878°
Longitude of ascending node	102.603°
Argument of perihelion	28.971°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	61.481±0.265 km
Synodic rotation period	16.54 h (0.689 d)
Geometric albedo	0.031±0.005
Spectral type	Xk (SMASSII)
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.8

581 Tauntonia is a dark Alauda asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 61 kilometers in diameter.^[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

References

^ ^a ^b "Asteroid 581 Tauntonia – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "581 Tauntonia (1905 SH)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ Nesvorný, D.; Broz, M.; Carruba, V. (December 2014). "Identification and Dynamical Properties of Asteroid Families". Asteroids IV. pp. 297–321. arXiv:1502.01628. Bibcode:2015aste.book..297N. doi:10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816532131-ch016. ISBN 9780816532131. S2CID 119280014.

External links

Lightcurve plot of 581 Tauntonia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2000)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
581 Tauntonia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
581 Tauntonia at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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[Ferret-1] "Asteroid 581 Tauntonia – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 24 October 2019.

[jpldata-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "581 Tauntonia (1905 SH)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

[Nesvorny-2014-3] Nesvorný, D.; Broz, M.; Carruba, V. (December 2014). "Identification and Dynamical Properties of Asteroid Families". Asteroids IV. pp. 297–321. arXiv:1502.01628. Bibcode:2015aste.book..297N. doi:10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816532131-ch016. ISBN 9780816532131. S2CID 119280014.

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