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.
Observed surface forms (2)
- collisional fragment ×2
- collisional family member ×1
Instances (4)
- Haumea family
- (120178) 2003 OP32 via concept surface "collisional fragment"
- (416400) 2003 UZ117 via concept surface "collisional family member"
- (386723) 2009 YE7 via concept surface "collisional fragment"