(512) Taurinensis Mars-crossing Asteroid
Discovered on 23 June 1903 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where Taurinensis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taurinensis is 1.81 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 512 |
| Provisional designation | A903 MC |
| Orbit class | Mars-crossing Asteroid |
| Diameter | 23.1 km (#1,846 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.177 |
| Rotation period | 5.58 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.63 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.254 |
| Inclination | 8.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.651 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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