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Table B.2

Spectral and physical characteristics of primitive asteroid families and the largest members.

Family Tax. Albedo Qhyd (%) DPB (km) Largest member

Asteroid Taxono 3 μm
This study prev.
Blue-dominant families

Pallas Type
Pallas (h) B 13.0 ± 4.3 0 498 (2) Pallas B B Sharp(3)
Themis Type
Themis B,C 7.5 ± 2.2 11–13 268–430 (24) Themis C C Ceres/Europa(6,7)
Beagle B 8.1 ± 3.4 64 (656) Beagle B
Hygiea F,B 7.4 ± 2.1 0–15 410 (10) Hygiea C C Ceres(6,8,9)
Adeona (h) B,G 6.2 ± 1.6 69 171–185 (145) Adeona C C(h) Sharp(14)
Dora (h) B,F 5.6 ± 1.6 83 85–165 (668) Dora G C(h)
Alauda F,P 6.8 ± 2.2 218–330 (702) Alauda C C Ceres/Europa(5)
Brucato (h) C,B,F 6.5 ± 1.4 45(1) (4203) Brucato G
Polana–Eulalia Type
Polana–Eulalia F 6.0 ± 1.7 7 >76* (142) Polana F F No abs.(4)
(100–160)** (495) Eulalia
Mitidika F 7.1 ± 1.8 49–79 (404) Arsinoe C C
Hoffmeister F 5.0 ± 1.4 0 93–134 (1726) Hoffmeister P CbBB
Theobalda F 7.4 ± 2.3 97 (778) Theobalda F F No abs.(5)
Clarissa F 5.6 ± 1.5 9 39 (302) Clarissa F F

High NUV absorption families

Veritas Type
Veritas (h) G 6.7 ± 1.7 75–77 100–177 (490) Veritas G C(h)
Inarradas (h) G 7.2 ± 1.5 37(1) (3438) Inarradas C
Padua Type
Padua C,G 7.2 ± 1.4 0 76 (363) Padua P Sharp(5)
Chloris (h) G,C 6.8 ± 2.0 126–154 (410) Chloris G C(h)
Misa (h) G,C 6.1 ± 1.7 88–117 (569) Misa C(h)
Chaldaea G,C 6.6 ± 1.7 79 >95(2) (313) Chaldaea C C(h) Sharp(5)
Astrid (h) G,C 5.6 ± 1.9 20 43 (1128) Astrid C
Erigone Type
Erigone (h) C,G 5.4 ± 1.3 58 79 (163) Erigone G C(h) Sharp(10)
Nemesis C,G 7.5 ± 1.5 0 189–197 (128) Nemesis C C Sharp(6)
Meliboea (h) C,P 6.2 ± 1.9 78 174–290 (137) Meliboea C C(h) Sharp(10)
Klio (h) C,P 6.6 ± 1.8 23 80(1) (84) Klio G(h)
Naema (h) C,F,B 6.6 ± 1.8 77 (845) Naema C(h)
Sulamitis (h) C,P 5.3 ± 1.4 60 65 (752) Sulamitis C(h)
Vibilia(h) C,B 6.6 ± 1.3 >142(2) (144) Vibilia C(h) Sharp(10)
Konig (h) C 5.0 ± 1.6 33 (3815) Konig

Red-dominant families

Lixiaohua Type
Lixiaohua P 4.5 ± 1.1 0 62–220 (3556) Lixiaohua P
Emma (h) F,P 4.7 ± 1.6 152 (238) Emma P
Fringilla P 4.9 ± 1.5 99–140 (709) Fringilla C P
Luthera P 5.1 ± 1.0 92 (1303) Luthera D
Euphrosyne Type
Euphrosyne P,F 5.7 ± 1.6 259 (31) Euphrosyne C Europa(8)
Ursula P,F,C 6.3 ± 1.7 0 203–280 (375) Ursula C Europa(8,9)
Phaeo P,G 5.7 ± 1.5 75(1) (322) Phaeo P P
Sylvia P,F 6.0 ± 1.9 261 (87) Sylvia P P Europa(5)/below detection limit(6)
Karma P 5.3 ± 1.6 32(1) (3811) Karma
Postrema P 5.2 ± 2.3 >47(2) (1484) Postrema BBB

Notes. Albedo and Qhyd are the same as Table B.1 and Tax. indicates the main consituents of family members. DPB is estimated parent body size by Brož et al. (2013). Taxonomy of largest member in the asteroid families is from Tholen (1984) without notation and from Bus & Binzel (2002a) with the superscript “BB”. The notation of “(h)” indicates presence of the 0.7-μm absorption.

References. *Estimated value for Polana family by Milani et al. (2014) **Estimated value for Eulalia family by Walsh et al. (2013). (1) Nesvorný et al. (2015); (2) Lower limit is given by the largest body in the family from Usui et al. (2013); (3) Rivkin (2012); (4) Takir et al. (2024); (5) Rivkin et al. (2022); (6) Usui et al. (2019); (7) Rivkin & Emery (2010); (8) Rivkin et al. (2019); (9) Takir & Emery (2012); (10) Rivkin et al. (2015).

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