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Search for Minor-Planet Families
Tens of thousands of minor planets are available. Plotting semimajor axis versus inclination reveals several distinct groups of minor planets.
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ListPlot[{AstronomicalData[#, "SemimajorAxis"]/149597870691, 

    AstronomicalData[#, "Inclination"]} & /@ 

  AstronomicalData["MinorPlanet"]]
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