collisional family
C16331
concept
A collisional family is a group of celestial bodies, typically asteroids, that share similar orbital elements and physical properties because they originated from the fragmentation of a single parent body in a past collision.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| collisional fragment | 2 |
| collisional family canonical | 1 |
| collisional family member | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: collisional family
Generated description
A collisional family is a group of celestial bodies, typically asteroids, that share similar orbital elements and physical properties because they originated from the fragmentation of a single parent body in a past collision.
Instances (4)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Haumea family | — |
| (120178) 2003 OP32 | collisional fragment |
| (416400) 2003 UZ117 | collisional family member |
| (386723) 2009 YE7 | collisional fragment |