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C-type asteroid

asteroid spectral type; most common variety, forming around 75% of known asteroids
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C-type asteroid

Summary

C-type asteroid is an asteroid spectral type[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of asteroid_spectral_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • C-type asteroid's instance of is recorded as asteroid spectral type[3].
  • C-type asteroid's subclass of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • C-type asteroid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02m9m4[5].
  • C-type asteroid's topic's main category is recorded as Category:C-type asteroids (SMASS)[6].
  • C-type asteroid's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/C-class-asteroid[7].
  • C-type asteroid's DataTrek identifier is recorded as Jineterismo[8].

Why It Matters

C-type asteroid ranks in the top 5% of asteroid_spectral_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . data.wikitrek.org. Retrieved . data.wikitrek.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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