V-type asteroid
id:
v-type-asteroid-230-776438
title:
V-type asteroid
text:
A V-type (volcanic-type) asteroid, or Vestoid, is an asteroid whose spectral type is that of 4 Vesta. Approximately 6% of main-belt asteroids are vestoids, with Vesta being by far the largest of them. They are relatively bright, and rather similar to the more common S-type asteroid, which are also made up of stony irons and ordinary chondrites, with V-types containing more pyroxene than S-types. A large proportion of vestoids have orbital elements similar to those of Vesta, either close enough t
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Asteroids similar to the asteroid 4 Vesta
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-type_asteroid
date created:
2002-11-21T14:59:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T14:15:18Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1400344","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1400344"}
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13
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