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Statistical arguments for asteroidal jet streams

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The distribution of asteroid orbits in space is studied and a detailed investigation for Hirayama's Flora family is presented. Some tendencies to (5-dimensional) clustering are found by means of comparing actual with random distribution simulated on a computer.

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    Lars Danielsson

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Danielsson, L. Statistical arguments for asteroidal jet streams. Astrophys Space Sci 5, 53–58 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00653935

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