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Asteroid spectral types

An asteroid spectral type is assigned to asteroids based on their reflectance spectrum, color, and sometimes albedo. These types are thought to correspond to an asteroid's surface composition. For small bodies that are not internally differentiated, the surface and internal compositions are presumably similar, while large bodies such as Ceres and Vesta…

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Asteroid spectral types

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asteroids tholen classification asteroid types spectral color taxonomy smass also objects based bus system type spectrum taxonomic albedo classes survey

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Ceresinstance ofwhile large bodies0.80text
Vesta are known to have internal structureinstance ofwhile large bodies0.80text
the Tholeninstance ofthere has been a number of surveys that resulted in a set of different taxonomic systems0.80text
SMASSinstance ofthere has been a number of surveys that resulted in a set of different taxonomic systems0.80text
Businstance ofthere has been a number of surveys that resulted in a set of different taxonomic systems0.80text
densities would be very usefulinstance ofor non-spectral data0.80text

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