What is A-type asteroid?
'''A-type asteroids''' are fairly uncommon closer [[asteroid]]s that have a strong, broad 1 [[micrometre|µm]] [[olivine]] feature and a very reddish spectrum shortwards of 0.7 µm. They are thought to come from the completely differentiated [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] of an asteroid. A-type asteroids are so rare that as of 2005 only 17 had been found. == Other websites == * [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/1375.pdf A technical report on '''A-Type Asteroids'''] {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Asteroids|*]]