Hirayama Family

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5250. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Asteroids

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Any of several groups of asteroids each of whose members share similar orbital elements, in particular a closely similar semi-major axis and orbital inclination. These similarities are surmised to indicate that the members of a particular Hirayama family share a common origin in the collisional break-up of a large parent body. The existence of such groups were first pointed out by Kiyotsugu Hiray...

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