V-class asteroid

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composition

  • asteroid distribution between Mars and Jupiter
    In asteroid: Composition

    V-class asteroids have reflectance properties closely matching those of one particular type of basaltic achondritic meteorite, the eucrites. The match is so good that some believe that the eucrites exhibited in museums are chips from the surface of a V-class asteroid that were knocked off…

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