Lydia family

The Lydia family is a small family of asteroids in the main belt of asteroids orbiting at a mean distance of 2.75 AU from the sun. The members of this family have a varying composition. The family is named after the M-class object 110 Lydia and the largest member is the T-class object 308 Polyxo.[1]

References

  1. Ridpath, Ian (2003). "Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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