Discovered by Max Wolf Alternative names 1903 LV Semi-major axis 2.189 AU Discovered 23 June 1903 Aphelion 2.75 m Discoverer Max Wolf | Discovery date June 23, 1903 Minor planet category Mars-crossing Eccentricity 0.254 Perihelion 1.63 m Orbits Sun | |
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Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Max Wolf discoveries 509 Iolanda, 528 Rezia, 540 Rosamunde | ||
512 Taurinensis is a 23 km diameter Mars-crossing minor planet. It is an S-type asteroid, with a rotation period of 5.59 hours. Other larger Mars crossing minor planets include 132 Aethra (43 km), 323 Brucia (36 km), and 2204 Lyyli (25 km).
In 1982, the asteroid was observed using photometry from the La Silla Observatory to generate a composite light curve. The resulting data showed a rotation period of 0.2326 days (5.58 h) with a brightness variation of 0.2 in magnitude.
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