Tauntonia (minor planet designation: 581 Tauntonia) is a dark Alauda asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 61 kilometers in diameter.[2]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| 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] | |
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
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