determined an identical period of hours with an amplitude of magnitude (). Diameter and albedo According to the surveys carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, and the Japanese Akari satellite, Tauris measures (), () and () kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of (), () and (), respectively. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts the results obtained by IRAS, that is, an albedo of 0.0470 and a diameter of 109.56 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 8.74. Alternative mean-diameter measurements published by the WISE team include (), (), () and () with corresponding albedos of (), (), () and (). Several asteroid occultations of Tauris were observed between 1999 and 2015. These timed observations are taken when the asteroid passes in front of a distant star. The two best-rated observations made on 26 and 29 July 2015, gave a best-fit ellipse dimension of () and (), respectively. However, these two observations still received a relatively poor quality rating. References External links Lightcurve Database Query (LCDB), at www.minorplanet.info Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center 000814 Discoveries by Grigory Neujmin Named minor planets 000814 000814 19160102