K-type asteroid
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k-type-asteroid-303-4472419
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K-type asteroid
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K-type asteroids are relatively uncommon asteroids with a moderately reddish spectrum shortwards of 0.75 μm, and a slight bluish trend longwards of this. They have a low albedo. Their spectrum resembles that of CV and CO meteorites. A larger K type is 9 Metis. These asteroids were described as "featureless" S-types in the Tholen classification. The K-type was proposed by J. F. Bell and colleagues in 1988 for bodies having a particularly shallow 1 μm absorption feature, and lacking the 2 μm absor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-type_asteroid
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2021-11-18T18:08:14Z
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