\begin{table}%t1 %\centering \par \caption{\label{tab-list}Name, abbreviation, age, and mean distance of the nearby associations under study (Torres et~al. \cite{Torres08}), together with the number of known members; late-type (later than F) members selected for period search; total number of periodic members; periodic members discovered from ASAS photometry; periodic members with period adopted from the literature; new periods determined from this study (and periods revised by us with respect to earlier literature values).} \begin{tabular}{l l cccccccc} \hline\hline \noalign{\smallskip} Association & Abbrev. & Age & Distance & known & Late-type & Periodic & ASAS & Literature & New period \\ & & (Myr)& (pc) & members & members & members & period & period & (+revised) \\ \hline \object{TW Hydrae} & TWA & 8 & 48 & 36 & 29 & 23 & 12 & 11 & 4 (+0)\\ \object{$\beta$ Pictoris} & $\beta$ Pic & 10 & 31 & 51 & 32 & 27 & 25 & 2 & 10 (+1)\\ \object{Tucana/Horologium} &Tuc/Hor & 30 & 48 & 54 & 35 & 29 & 27 & 2 & 19 (+5)\\ \object{Columba} & Col & 30 & 82 & 35 & 23 & 19 & 19 & 0 & 15 (+2) \\ \object{Carina} & Car & 30 & 85 & 23 & 21 & 19 & 19 & 0 & 16 (+1) \\ \object{AB Doradus} & AB~Dor & 70\tablefootmark{a} & 34 & 91 & 64 & 48 & 42 & 6 & 29 (+1) \\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot{\tablefoottext{a}{Value taken from the literature but different from our estimate.}} \end{table}