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The Zelima asteroid family: Resonant configuration and rotational fission clusters

Carruba, V.; Ribeiro, J. V.

Asteroid families are groups of asteroids that are identifiable in domains of proper elements. They may be the outcome of a collision, or the product of rotational fission. Among collisional families, young asteroid families are of interest because they preserve information on the original ejection velocity field with which the asteroid fragments …