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K-type asteroid

uncommon type of asteroid characterized by a moderately reddish spectrum and low albedo
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K-type asteroid

Summary

K-type asteroid is an asteroid spectral type[1]. It draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (asteroid_spectral_type category, ranking #10 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • K-type asteroid's instance of is recorded as asteroid spectral type[3].
  • K-type asteroid's subclass of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • K-type asteroid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hxz5[5].
  • K-type asteroid's topic's main category is recorded as Category:K-type asteroids (SMASS)[6].
  • K-type asteroid's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/K-class-asteroid[7].

Why It Matters

K-type asteroid draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (asteroid_spectral_type category, ranking #10 of 19).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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