[meteorite-list] 2012 DA14 Family?

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:31:53 -0700
Message-ID: <5130D7F9.4040204_at_alumni.caltech.edu>

Well, broadly, DA14 was an Apollo, perturbed into an Aten by its recent
Earth encounter. Those categories are determined by orbit, not
composition. These orbital categorizations are not sufficient to tie any
asteroids to particular parents still in main belt orbits. Spectrally,
DA14 is an L-type, which I don't think is sufficient information to make
any association to an existing potential parent asteroid.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

On 3/1/2013 8:59 AM, MEM wrote:
> Chris or Others?
>
> Has a family or possible parent asteroid been identified for 2012 DA14 ? Or is it truly a lurker from parts unknown?
>
> Elton
>
Received on Fri 01 Mar 2013 11:31:53 AM PST