Adeona family
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The Adeona family is an asteroid family
that formed from the parent body 145 Adeona
. There are an estimated 1,000 Adeonian asteroids.
Asteroid family
An asteroid family is a population of asteroids that share similar proper orbital elements, such as semimajor axis, eccentricity, and orbital inclination. The members of the families are thought to be fragments of past asteroid collisions...
that formed from the parent body 145 Adeona
145 Adeona
145 Adeona is a rather large main-belt asteroid. Its surface is very dark, and probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. The Adeona family of asteroids is named after it....
. There are an estimated 1,000 Adeonian asteroids.