581 Tauntonia
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | J. H. Metcalf |
Discovery site | Taunton, Massachusetts |
Discovery date | 24 December 1905 |
Designations | |
(581) Tauntonia | |
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] | |
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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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
- 581 Tauntonia at the JPL Small-Body Database