IRTF Data Archive Program Information

# # Program information file # PROGRAM_ID 2022A096 PROGRAM_TITLE Constraining the connection of the primordial family to other asteroid families in the inner Main Belt PROGRAM_INV1 Bryce Bolin PROGRAM_INV2 Casey Lisse PROGRAM_INV3 Marco Delbo PROGRAM_INV4 Chrysa Avdellidou PROGRAM_INV5 PROGRAM_SCICAT main-belt / Trojan asteroids PROGRAM_ABSTRACT_BEG We seek to obtain spectra of the primordial family and compare it with the spectra of other primitive asteroid families in the inner Main Belt. We suspect that the primitive families in the inner Main Belt share a dynamical origin. Our observations will test this hypothesis by comparing the spectra of different asteroid families in the inner Main Belt with the spectra of the primordial family. PROGRAM_ABSTRACT_END