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Data Set Overview
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This data set contains the high-inclination asteroid families of
Gil-Hutton (2006). A data set of 3652 high-inclination numbered
asteroids was analyzed to search for dynamical families. The
basic data set was the list of 3697 asteroid synthetic proper
elements taken from the Asteroid Dynamic Site, March 2005 version;
Knezevic and Milani (2000). For this analysis, only asteroids
with sine of proper inclination greater than 0.3 were used.
Three data files are included. Families.tab contains a list of
the members of each of the thirteen families, along with their
proper elements. Clumps.tab contains a list of the members of
each of the 22 clumps, along with their proper elements.
Summary.tab lists the families and clumps, with the number of the
least-numbered member, the proper elements of the least-numbered
member, and the range of proper elements for each family and
clump. A cluster of objects in proper element space is considered
a nominal family (clusters related to the breakup of an asteroid)
or a clump (clusters not necessarily related to breakup events) if
they have a number of members larger or smaller than a limiting
number, which is defined as 2.5 times the minimum number of
objects for a cluster to be considered significant (Zappala et al.
1995).
Further information about the analysis can be found in Gil-Hutton
(2006).
Gil-Hutton, R. 2006. Identification of families among highly
inclined asteroids. Icarus 183, 93-100.
Knesevic, Z., and A. Milani 2000. Synthetic proper elements for
outer main belt asteroids. Celest. Mech. 78, 17-46.
Zappala, V., Ph. Bendjoya, A. Cellino, P. Farinella, and C.
Froeschle 1995. Asteroid Families: Search of a 12,487-Asteroid
Sample using Two Different Clustering Techniques. Icarus 116,
291-314.
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