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Flora family
A collection of asteroids near the inner edge of the asteroid belt whose orbits have semimajor axes of 2.12 to 2.25 AU and mean inclinations of about 5°. All the members of the Flora family probably came from the breakup of a single parent body; however, other asteroids in this region with similar orbital characteristics appear to have different origins. The prototype is (8) Flora, discovered by John Hind in 1847.
| Data for (8) Flora | |
|---|---|
| diameter | 162 km |
| spectral class | S |
| semimajor axis | 2.202 AU |
| perihelion | 1.86 AU |
| aphelion | 2.55 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.156 |
| inclination | 5.89° |
| period | 3.27 years |
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