Maria family

The Maria or Marian asteroids are a group of about 89 asteroids that orbit the Sun with distances between about 2.52−2.62 AU. They were initially identified by Japanese astronomer Kiyotsugu Hirayama in 1918.^[1] Asteroids in this family typically have an inclination of 12 to 17 degrees.^[2] The family gets its name from its lowest numbered member, the asteroid 170 Maria.

Although asteroid 695 Bella has orbital properties that make it a candidate for this dynamic family, the spectral properties of the object indicate it is most likely an interloper. Instead, it may have been spalled off from 6 Hebe, or its parent body.^[1]

Asteroids in this Family

Members^[1]

Name	a	e	i
170 Maria	2.553	0.065	14.40°
292 Ludovica	2.529	0.034	14.92°
652 Jubilatrix	2.554	0.127	15.77°
714 Ulula	2.535	0.058	14.27°
787 Moskva	2.539	0.129	14.84°
875 Nymphe	2.552	0.151	14.59°
879 Ricarda	2.531	0.155	13.68°
897 Lysistrata	2.541	0.094	14.32°
1158 Luda	2.564	0.112	14.85°
1215 Boyer	2.578	0.133	15.91°
2089 Cetacea	2.533	0.156	15.39°
3066 McFadden	2.527	0.133	15.57°

References

1. Fieber-Beyer, Sherry K.; et al. (June 2011), "The Maria asteroid family: Genetic relationships and a plausible source of mesosiderites near the 3:1 Kirkwood Gap" (PDF), Icarus 213 (2): 524–537, Bibcode:2011Icar..213..524F, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.009, retrieved 2015-12-23.
2. EasySky - Screenshots