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.

Small Solar System bodies

Asteroids (Vulcanoids · Near-Earth · Main belt · Jupiter Trojans · Centaurs · Damocloids · Neptune Trojans · Groups · Families · Moons) Comets · Trans-Neptunians (Kuiper belt · Scattered disc objects · Oort cloud) · Minor planets · Meteoroids

Lists: Minor planets · Asteroid groups and families · Binary asteroids · Asteroid moons See also: Near-Earth object · Dwarf planet · Planet · Solar System · Pronunciation of asteroid names · Meanings of asteroid names.

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