Taurinensis (minor planet designation: 512 Taurinensis), provisional designation 1903 LV, is a stony asteroid and large Mars-crosser on an eccentric orbit from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 23 June 1903, by astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany.^[3] The asteroid was named after the Italian city of Turin.^[2] It is the 4th-largest Mars-crossing asteroid.

Taurinensis is a Mars-crossing asteroid, a dynamically unstable group between the main belt and the near-Earth populations, crossing the orbit of Mars at 1.666 AU. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.6–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,183 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.25 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic.^[1] The body's observation arc begins with its identification as A909 GE at Heidelberg in April 1909, almost 6 years prior to its official discovery observation.^[3]

Taurinensis is a common, stony S-type asteroid in both the Tholen and SMASS classification.^[1]

This minor planet was named after "Taurinensis", the Latin name of the city of Turin, located in northern Italy. It was named in 1905, by astronomers of the Observatory of Turin with the discoverer's endorsement (AN 167, 239). The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 55).^[2]