Themis family
Asteroid family
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Description
The Themis family is one of the largest and longest-recognized dynamical families of asteroids, and is made up of C-type asteroids with a composition believed to be similar to that of carbonaceous chondrites. To date, the Themis family comprises approximately 535 known asteroids.
Asteroids in the Themis family share the following orbital elements:
- semimajor axes between 3.08 AU and 3.24 AU
- orbital eccentricities between 0.09 and 0.22
- orbital inclinations of less than 3°
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List
Some of the largest members of this family include:
- 24 Themis
- 62 Erato
- 90 Antiope
- 104 Klymene
- 171 Ophelia
- 222 Lucia
- 223 Rosa
- 316 Goberta
- 379 Huenna
- 383 Janina
- 468 Lina
- 492 Gismonda
- 515 Athalia
- 526 Jena
- 767 Bondia
- 846 Lipperta