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M-type asteroid
Asteroid spectral type / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
M-type (aka M-class) asteroids are a spectral class of asteroids which appear to contain higher concentrations of metal phases (e.g. iron-nickel) than other asteroid classes,[1] and are widely thought to be the source of iron meteorites.[2]
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