Lydia family

The Lydia family is a small family of asteroids in the main belt of asteroids orbiting at a mean distance of 2.75 AU from the sun. The members of this family have a varying composition. The family is named after the M-class object 110 Lydia and the largest member is the T-class object 308 Polyxo.^[1]

References

↑ Ridpath, Ian (2003). "Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

Small Solar System bodies

Minor planets

Designation Groups Moons Meanings of names Pronunciation of names

Asteroids	Aten asteroid Asteroid belt Families Jupiter Trojans Near-Earth Spectral types

Distant minor planets	Centaurs Damocloids Neptune trojans Trans-Neptunian objects Detached Kuiper belt Oort cloud Scattered disc

Comets

Meteoroids

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Asteroid groups and families
Asteroid moons
Binary asteroids
Minor planets

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