O-type asteroid
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Template:Short description 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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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:
| Designation | Class | Diam. | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3628 Božněmcová | main-beltScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 6.914 kmScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:MPCTemplate:·JPLScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 4034 Vishnu | ApolloScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 0.42 kmScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:MPCTemplate:·JPLScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 4341 Poseidon | ApolloScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2 kmScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:MPCTemplate:·JPLScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 5143 Heracles | ApolloScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 4.843 kmScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:MPCTemplate:·JPLScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Mpl | ApolloScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1.859 kmScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:MPCTemplate:·JPLScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Mpl | AtenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 0.57 kmScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:MPCTemplate:·JPLScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Template:Mp | AmorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 0.3 kmScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:MPCTemplate:·JPLScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Diameter: averaged estimates only; may change over time | |||
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References
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- ↑ 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).