The Hansa Family: A New High-Inclination Asteroid Family

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At present, there are only two widely recognized high-inclination (> 20 degrees) asteroid families. The (2) Pallas family was one of the seven original Hirayama families (Hirayama. 1928; Japan J. of Astron. Geophys. 5,137-162) and a second family associated with (434) Hungaria has also been noted (Williams. 1992; Icarus 96,251-280). We present a third high-inclination family which includes as its highest numbered member (480) Hansa. Using a semi-analytical method for the determination of proper elements (Lemaitre and Morbidelli. 1994; Celest. Mech. and Dyn. Astr. 60,29-56) and the D-criterion for the identification of asteroid families (Lindblad. 1994; Seventy-Five Years of Hirayama Asteroid Families, ASP Conf. Ser. 63,62-75), we have identified 14 probable members including the two large S-class, H=8 asteroids, (480) Hansa and (925) Alphonsina. The present osculating elements are centered at a=2.66 au, e=0.06 and i=22.0deg . We will also analyze peculiarities among the osculating orbital elements.

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