(581) Tauntonia
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Asteroid (581) Tauntonia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 3.214 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.03 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 3.117 AU - 3.311 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 21.9 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 102.6 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 28.3 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | June 3, 2010 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 279 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.6 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 63.66 km |
| Albedo | 0.0758 |
| Rotation period | 16 h 32 min |
| Absolute brightness | 9.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | JH Metcalf |
| Date of discovery | December 24, 1905 |
| Another name | 1905 SH |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(581) Tauntonia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 December 1905 by Joel H. Metcalf was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the city of Taunton in the US state of Massachusetts , where Metcalf lived for several years.