Eos family
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The Eos family is a prominent family of asteroids that is believed to have formed as a result of an ancient catastrophic collision. Members of the family share similar orbits. The family is named after 221 Eos.
The Eos family asteroids have semimajor axes between 2.99 and 3.03 Astronomical Units, eccentricities between 0.01 and 0.13, and inclinations between 8° and 12°. Currently there are about 480 members known.
Vulcanoids · Near-Earth asteroids · Main belt · Jupiter Trojans · Centaurs · Damocloids · Comets · Trans-Neptunians (Kuiper belt • Scattered disc • Oort cloud)
For other objects and regions, see Asteroid groups and families, Binary asteroids, Asteroid moons and the Solar System.
For a complete listing, see List of asteroids. See also Pronunciation of asteroid names and Meanings of asteroid names.
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