Haumea family

For the film character Haumeid, see She (1965 film).
The collisional family of Haumea (in green), other classical KBO (blue), Plutinos and other resonant objects (red) and SDO (grey). Radius is semi-major axis, angle orbital inclination.

The Haumea or Haumean family is the only identified trans-Neptunian collisional family; that is, the only group of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) with similar orbital parameters and spectra (nearly pure water-ice) that suggest they originated in the disruptive impact of a progenitor body.[1] Calculations indicate that it is probably the only trans-Neptunian collisional family.[2] Members are known as Haumeids.

  1. ^ Brown, Michael E.; Barkume, Kristina M.; Ragozzine, Darin; Schaller, Emily L. (2007). "A collisional family of icy objects in the Kuiper belt" (PDF). Nature. 446 (7133): 294–296. Bibcode:2007Natur.446..294B. doi:10.1038/nature05619. PMID 17361177. S2CID 4430027.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Levison was invoked but never defined (see the help page).