Lydia family

The Lydia family is a small family of asteroids in the main belt of asteroids orbiting at a mean distance of 2.75 AU from the sun. The members of this family have a varying composition. The family is named after the M-class object 110 Lydia and the largest member is the T-class object 308 Polyxo.^[1]

References

↑ Ridpath, Ian (2003). "Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

Small Solar System bodies

Minor planets

Designation Groups List Moon Meanings of names
Asteroid	Aten asteroid Asteroid belt Family Jupiter trojan Near-Earth Spectral types
Distant minor planet	Centaur Damocloid Neptune trojan Trans-Neptunian object Detached Kuiper belt Oort cloud Scattered disc

Comets

Extinct
Great
Halley-type
Hyperbolic
Long-period
Lost
Main-belt
Near-parabolic
Periodic
Sungrazing

Other

Meteoroids

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