Griqua family

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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 the inner edge of the asteroid belt, 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.

[edit] Asteroids in this Family

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

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