Griqua family

The Griqua asteroids are a group of asteroids in the main belt orbiting the Sun between 3.1 and 3.27 AU. Asteroids in this group have eccentricities greater than 0.35.^[1]^[2]^[3] The group derives its name from the asteroid 1362 Griqua.

These asteroids are at a 2:1 resonance with Jupiter's orbit. As such, their orbits are unstable; gradually perturbed over thousands of years until their orbits intersect with that of Mars or Jupiter.

Asteroids in this group

Name	a	e	i
1362 Griqua	3.222	0.370	24.206°
8373 Stephengould	3.28	0.55	41°

References

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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

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