Abstract
We identified the family of the binary asteroid 423 Diotima consisting of 411 members in the phase space of orbital elements—semimajor axes a (or mean motions n), eccentricities e, and inclinations i—by using an electronic version of the ephemerides of minor planets EMP-2003 containing osculating orbital elements for 34992 asteroids of the main belt. The 9/4 resonance with Jupiter clearly separates the family of 423 Diotima from the family of Eos, which, according to EMP for 2003, contains 1204 asteroids.
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