Asteroid families - an initial search

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Apr 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992icar...96..251w&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 96, no. 2, April 1992, p. 251-280.

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Asteroids, Planetary Craters, Solar Orbits, Cratering, Data Sampling, Solar System

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A stereo examination was conducted for clusters in three-dimensional proper element space within a sample of both numbered and faint Palomar-Leiden Survey (PLS) asteroids. The clusters were then objectively filtered for small Poisson probability of chance occurrence; 104 were accepted as families with 4- to 12-member populations, and are interpreted as impact-generated. Structure is common in the well-populated families: the better-sampled families are accordingly discussed in terms of their geometry and taxonomy. Some families are very rich in faint PLS members.

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