A Study of Asteroid Families and Streams by Computer Techniques
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Astronomical Union Colloquium
- Vol. 12, 337-352
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100089181
Abstract
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.Keywords
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