581 Tauntonia is a dark Alauda
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
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from the outer region of the
asteroid belt, approximately 61 kilometers in diameter.
The asteroid is a member of the
Alauda family (),
a large
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of typically bright carbonaceous asteroids and named after its parent body,
702 Alauda
702 Alauda , provisional designation , is a carbonaceous asteroid and binary system from the outer asteroid belt, approximately 190 kilometers in diameter. It is the parent body of the Alauda family. Discovered in 1910 by German astronomer Joseph ...
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References
External links
Lightcurve plot of 581 Tauntonia Palmer Divide Observatory, ''
B. D. Warner'' (2000)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) query form
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Dictionary of Minor Planet Names Google books
– Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
– Minor Planet Center
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Discoveries by Joel Hastings Metcalf
Named minor planets
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