List of Minor-planet Groups

List Of Minor-planet Groups

A minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid. It is customary to name a group of asteroids after the first member of that group to be discovered, which is often the largest.

Read more about List Of Minor-planet Groups:  Groups Out To The Orbit of Earth, Groups Out To The Orbit of Mars, The Asteroid Belt, Groups Beyond The Orbit of Jupiter, Groups At or Beyond The Orbit of Neptune

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