Hirayama family Comparison Table

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Hirayama family comparison table

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asteroid Also called planetoids or minor planets, the asteroids are tiny planets most of which orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. The largest - and the first discovered - is Ceres, with a diameter of 1,003 km. It is estimated that there may altogether be no fewer than 40000. A few have very elliptical orbits and cross the orbits of several other (major) planets. One or two even have their own satellites (moons). celestial body

Hirayama family A group of asteroids with similar orbital elements. The members of a given family are widely believed to have resulted from collisions between larger parent bodies. asteroid

Subject	has definition	is a kind of
asteroid	Also called planetoids or minor planets, the asteroids are tiny planets most of which orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. The largest - and the first discovered - is Ceres, with a diameter of 1,003 km. It is estimated that there may altogether be no fewer than 40000. A few have very elliptical orbits and cross the orbits of several other (major) planets. One or two even have their own satellites (moons).	celestial body
Hirayama family	A group of asteroids with similar orbital elements. The members of a given family are widely believed to have resulted from collisions between larger parent bodies.	asteroid

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