Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2009
Abstract
There are approximately 5000 known asteroids in the Hungaria orbital space, a region defined by orbits with high inclination (16° { i { 34°), low eccentricities (e { 0.18), and semi-major axes 1.78 { a { 2.0 AU. We argue that this region is populated by a large number of asteroids formed after a catastrophic collision involving (434) Hungaria, the presumptive largest fragment of the Hungaria collisional family.
The remaining objects form a background population that share orbital characteristics with the family members.