Back كويكب نوع-M Arabic М-клас астероид Bulgarian Asteroide de tipus M Catalan Asteroide de tipo M Spanish سیارک نوع ام Persian Astéroïde de type M French M-श्रेणी क्षुद्रग्रह Hindi Metalni asteroid Croatian M típusú kisbolygók Hungarian Աստերոիդների դաս M Armenian

M-type asteroid

Image of the M-type asteroid 21 Lutetia taken by the ESA Rosetta Spacecraft during a flyby in 2010

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Shepard et al 2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bell_AsteroidsII was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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