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Hirayama family
A
Hirayama family
of
asteroids
is a group of
minor planets
that share similar
orbital elements
, such as
semimajor axis
,
eccentricity
, and orbital
inclination
. The members of the families are thought to be fragments of past asteroid collisions.
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