| Minorplanet: | yes |
| Background: |
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| 581 Tauntonia | |
| Mpc Name: | (581) Tauntonia |
| Alt Names: | 1905 SH |
| Discovered: | 24 December 1905 |
| Mp Category: | main-belt Alauda  |
| Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Eccentricity: | 0.032339 |
| Semimajor: | 3.214AU |
| Perihelion: | 3.1101AU |
| Aphelion: | 3.318abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Period: | 5.76 yr (2104.6 d) |
| Inclination: | 21.878° |
| Asc Node: | 102.603° |
| Arg Peri: | 28.971° |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Observation Arc: | 110.15 yr (40233 d) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
| Abs Magnitude: | 9.8 |
| Rotation: | 16.54abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Spectral Type: | Xk |
| Dimensions: | km |
581 Tauntonia is a dark Alauda asteroid 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 of typically bright carbonaceous asteroids and named after its parent body, 702 Alauda.