Q-type asteroid

id: q-type-asteroid-299-4941503
title: Q-type asteroid
text: Q-type asteroids are relatively uncommon inner-belt asteroids with a strong, broad 1 micrometre olivine and pyroxene feature, and a spectral slope that indicates the presence of metal. There are absorption features shortwards and longwards of 0.7 μm, and the spectrum is generally intermediate between the V and S-type. Q-type asteroids are spectrally more similar to ordinary chondrite meteorites than any other asteroid type. This has led scientists to speculate that they are abundant, but only ab
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date modified: 2021-01-06T01:38:50Z
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