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Asteroid spectral types
Classification type of a class of astronomical objects / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the spectral type of centaurs and TNOs, see Distant object spectral type.
An asteroid spectral type is assigned to asteroids based on their reflectance spectrum, color, and sometimes albedo. These types are thought to correspond to an asteroid's surface composition. For small bodies that are not internally differentiated, the surface and internal compositions are presumably similar, while large bodies such as Ceres and Vesta are known to have internal structure. Over the years, there has been a number of surveys that resulted in a set of different taxonomic systems such as the Tholen, SMASS and Bus–DeMeo classifications.[1]
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