M-Type Asteroid
M-Type Asteroid - A classification assigned to asteroids of grayish color, of higher reflectivity of visible light, and located in the inner asteroid belt, some of which contain iron/nickel alloys and/or rock.
Shown is 216 Kleopatra, an M-type asteroid that is composed of nickel, iron, and rock.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000510.html
Author: Sandy Rodriguez, UCF Undergraduate 2017
Editor: Patrick Joiner, UCF Interdisciplinary Studies, Class of
2018
Senior Editor: M.M. Montgomery, Ph.D, UCF Physics