Alexandra family (of asteroids) A small family of main-belt asteroids lying at a mean distance of 2.6 to 2.7 AU from the Sun, with orbital inclinations of 11 to 12° and a variety of compositions, including representatives from classes C, G, and T. The prototype, 54 Alexandra, was discovered in 1858 by Hermann Goldschmidt. Data for (54) Alexandra
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