X-Nico

unusual facts about P-type asteroid


P-type

P-type asteroid, asteroids found in the outer asteroid belt and beyond


E-Type

E-type asteroid, an asteroid thought to have an enstatite achondrite surface

Heritage Universe

Explorers Sawyer and S'kropa fed one a large solid silicaceous fragment with a 25 meter radius and 425 kilometers in length.

OSIRIS-REx

The mission is planned for a 2016 launch and will study and return a sample of asteroid 101955 Bennu (formerly designated 1999 RQ36), a carbonaceous asteroid, to Earth for detailed analyses in 2023.

They indicate that 101955 Bennu is very dark and is classified as a B-type asteroid, a sub-type of the carbonaceous C-group asteroids.


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