581 Tauntonia

Summary

581 Tauntonia is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 581 Tauntonia is credited with the discovery of Joel Hastings Metcalf^[3].
• 581 Tauntonia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 581 Tauntonia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Taunton^[5].
• Taunton is named after 581 Tauntonia^[6].
• 581 Tauntonia's follows is recorded as Q155663^[7].
• 581 Tauntonia's followed by is recorded as 582 Olympia^[8].
• 581 Tauntonia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 581 Tauntonia's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 581 Tauntonia's Commons category is recorded as 581 Tauntonia^[11].
• 581 Tauntonia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 581 Tauntonia's provisional designation is recorded as 1905 SH^[13].
• 581 Tauntonia's provisional designation is recorded as A905 YC^[14].
• 581 Tauntonia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1905-12-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 581 Tauntonia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lxv3^[16].
• 581 Tauntonia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000581^[17].
• 581 Tauntonia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[18].
• 581 Tauntonia's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 581 Tauntonia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03548544078201936'}^[20].
• 581 Tauntonia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.02'}^[21].
• 581 Tauntonia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.854'}^[22].
• 581 Tauntonia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.89835855251167'}^[23].
• 581 Tauntonia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2101.058046740101'}^[24].
• 581 Tauntonia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+24.994'}^[25].
• 581 Tauntonia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+102.4256536471494'}^[26].
• 581 Tauntonia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.21040445520986'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

581 Tauntonia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Taunton is named after 581 Tauntonia^[6].

Why It Matters

581 Tauntonia has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]