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O-type asteroid

O-type asteroid

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The rare O-type asteroids have spectra similar to the unusual asteroid 3628 Boznemcová, which is the best asteroid match to the spectra of L6 and LL6 ordinary chondrite meteorites. Their spectra have a deep absorption feature longward of 0.75 μm.[1]

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See also: Category:O-type asteroids (SMASS)

Seven asteroids have been classified as O-type by the second Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey (SMASSII) and none by Tholen's Eight-Color Asteroid Survey. With the exception of main-belt asteroid 3628 Božněmcová, all other bodies are near-Earth asteroids from the Apollo, Aten or Amor group:

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References

  1. [1]
    S. J. Bus and R. P. Binzel, Phase II of the Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopy Survey: A feature-based taxonomy, Icarus, Vol. 158, pp. 146 (2002).


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