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The Nature of Asteroids

The spectra of sunlight reflected by the minor planets have yielded new clues to their mineralogical composition, their origin, their evolution and their relationship to meteorites

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 232 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “The Nature of Asteroids” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 232 No. 1 (), p. 24
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0175-24