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581 Tauntonia

outer main-belt asteroid
Place Asteroid Q114691

Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +26
Follows
580 Selene[5]
Followed by
582 Olympia[6]
Absolute magnitude
10.02[16]
Albedo
0.031
Apoapsis
3.324327072391541
Argument of periapsis
25.07840557285678
Asteroid spectral type
X-type asteroid[13]
Diameter
61.481
Discoverer or inventor
Joel Hastings Metcalf[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
102.4256536471494[21]
Mean anomaly
250.2325529107273
Minor planet group
asteroid belt, outer asteroid belt[7][8]
Named after
Taunton[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.03548544078201936[15]
Orbital inclination
21.854, 21.89835855251167[17][18]
Orbital period
2101.058046740101[19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
3.09648183802818
Provisional designation
1905 SH, A905 YC[10][11]
Rotation period
24.994[20]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.21040445520986[22]
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Taunton[3]
Time of discovery or invention
December 24, 1905[12]
Time of periapsis
2461641.1327166026
🏷️ Also known as
en 581 Tauntonia en (581) Tauntonia en Tauntonia de Tauntonia el 581 Ταουντονία es 581 Tauntonia fa سیارک 581 fa سیارک ۵۸۱ fr Tauntonia ja タウントニア pt Tauntonia ru (581) 1905 SH ru 1905 SH ru (581) Tauntonia ru (581) Таунтония ru A905SH ru Tauntonia ru Таунтония uk 581 Tauntonia uk (581) Tauntonia
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/08lxv3
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000581
Minor Planet Center body ID
581

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Asteroid spectral type 1
X-type asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
Joel Hastings Metcalf
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
582 Olympia
Followed by (predecessor) 1
582 Olympia
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Taunton
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Taunton
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Summary

581 Tauntonia is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . link.springer.com. link.springer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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