The Flora family is a collection of asteroids near the inner edge of the asteroid belt whose orbits have semimajor axes of 2.12 to 2.25castronomical units (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