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A Study of Asteroid Families and Streams by Computer Techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

B.A. Lindblad  and
R.B. Southworth
B.A. Lindblad
Affiliation:
Lund Observatory
R.B. Southworth
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Abstract

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A study of asteroid orbits is made to determine if there exist groupings of similar orbits in the asteroid population. A computer program based on Southworth's D criterion for similarity in meteor orbits is used. The program successfully sorted out the asteroid families listed by Hirayama, Brouwer, and van Houten et al. A number of new families were detected, several of which appear to be more significant than the minor Brouwer families. Asteroidal streams (jetstreams) are studied and a list of such streams is presented.

Type
Part II-Origin of Asteroids Interrelations with Comets, Meteorites, and Meteors
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 12: Physical Studies of Minor Planets , 1971 , pp. 337 - 352
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1971

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