(581) Tauntonia Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 December 1905 by J. H. Metcalf at Taunton.
Where Tauntonia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tauntonia is 3.15 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 581 |
| Provisional designation | A905 YC |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 61.5 km (#567 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0310 |
| Rotation period | 25.0 hours |
| Spectral type | Xk |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.01 |
| Orbital period | 5.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.10 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0356 |
| Inclination | 21.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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