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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <p>A list of some of the largest D-type asteroids.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Name of Asteroid</th><th colspan="2">Classification</th><th rowspan="2">Diameter(km)</th><th rowspan="2">Diametermethod</th><th rowspan="2">Minor planet<a href="/facts/Minor_planet/GxoaU532">category</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/SMASS_classification/WoSTAYnh">SMASS</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Tholen_spectral_classification/WoSTAYnh">Tholen</a></th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/267_Tirza/EKYgK8Qa">267 Tirza</a></td><td>D</td><td>DU</td><td>52.68 ±3.1</td><td><a href="/facts/IRAS/MaYMxytq">IRAS</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Main-belt/YHAq2Eh3">Main-belt</a> asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/279_Thule/tzLGuFQV">279 Thule</a></td><td><a href="/facts/X-type_asteroid/FTaFHceD">X</a></td><td>D</td><td>126.59 ±3.7</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Outer <a href="/facts/Main-belt/YHAq2Eh3">main-belt</a> asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/336_Lacadiera/GvEL6quM">336 Lacadiera</a></td><td>Xk</td><td>D</td><td>69.31 ±2.4</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Main-belt asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/368_Haidea/fSaAkoU5">368 Haidea</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>69.61 ±2.2</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Main-belt asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/624_Hektor/tzQaGICu">624 Hektor</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>250 ±25</td><td>Direct imaging</td><td><a href="/facts/Jupiter_trojan/KN9dgpUr">Jupiter trojan</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/721_Tabora/I1EE4kw4">721 Tabora</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>76.07 ±2.5</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Outer main-belt asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/773_Irmintraud/DIKyUQW3">773 Irmintraud</a></td><td>T</td><td>D</td><td>95.88 ±1.8</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Main-belt asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/884_Priamus/VrtMXSo7">884 Priamus</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>110 ±10</td><td>Absmag</td><td>Jupiter trojan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/911_Agamemnon/AyuvuKqH">911 Agamemnon</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>166.66 ±3.9</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Jupiter trojan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/944_Hidalgo/I1SYSHxm">944 Hidalgo</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>38 ±5</td><td>Absmag</td><td><a href="/facts/Centaur_(minor_planet)/jXpnm7dv">Centaur</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1143_Odysseus/fSuCKKDL">1143 Odysseus</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>125.64 ±3.7</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Jupiter trojan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1144_Oda/G92XWqjf">1144 Oda</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>57.59 ±2.2</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Outer main-belt asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1172_%25C3%2584neas/2RgSymhP">1172 Äneas</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>142.82 ±4.8</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Jupiter trojan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1167_Dubiago/EywE4pKS">1167 Dubiago</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>63.12 ±5.6</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Outer main-belt asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1256_Normannia/Uu8p7I9V">1256 Normannia</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>69.22 ±2.8</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Outer main-belt asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1269_Rollandia/hY9prFKM">1269 Rollandia</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>105.19 ±2.8</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Outer main-belt asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1578_Kirkwood/jzhY15H6">1578 Kirkwood</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>51.88 ±1.8</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Outer main-belt asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1583_Antilochus/9jabKtTz">1583 Antilochus</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>101.62 ±3.2</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Jupiter trojan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1746_Brouwer/XlKmtvVj">1746 Brouwer</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>64.25 ±4.9</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Outer main-belt asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1867_Deiphobus/aGL2nbTF">1867 Deiphobus</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>122.67 ±3.9</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Jupiter trojan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2207_Antenor/VzlIwvex">2207 Antenor</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>85.11 ±3.7</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Jupiter trojan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2241_Alcathous/vPzQ5dcw">2241 Alcathous</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>114.63 ±5.8</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Jupiter trojan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2311_El_Leoncito/TGLRX7Iq">2311 El Leoncito</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>53.14 ±3.0</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Outer main-belt asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2312_Duboshin/K4T8McB0">2312 Duboshin</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>54.94 ±3.2</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Outer main-belt asteroid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2357_Phereclos/7MDTt4N0">2357 Phereclos</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>94.90 ±4.3</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Jupiter trojan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2363_Cebriones/9aHqmCRp">2363 Cebriones</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>81.84 ±5.1</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Jupiter trojan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2674_Pandarus/PEcQgPWW">2674 Pandarus</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>98.10 ±3.2</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Jupiter trojan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/2893_Peiroos/zPl2PFJl">2893 Peiroos</a></td><td>–</td><td>D</td><td>87.46 ±6.9</td><td>IRAS</td><td>Jupiter trojan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/10199_Chariklo/6vK3zdIE">10199 Chariklo</a></td><td>D</td><td>–</td><td>302 ±30</td><td>n.a.</td><td>Centaur</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Asteroid_spectral_types/WoSTAYnh">Asteroid spectral types</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tagish_Lake_(meteorite)/Jj60jJ6k">Tagish Lake (meteorite)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Fitzsimmons, A.; et al. (February 1994). "A spectroscopic survey of D-type asteroids". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 282 (2): 634–642. Bibcode:1994A&A...282..634F. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Jones, Thomas D.; Lebofsky, Larry A.; Lewis, John S.; Marley, Mark S. (1990-11-01). "The composition and origin of the C, P, and D asteroids: Water as a tracer of thermal evolution in the outer belt". Icarus. 88 (1): 172–192. Bibcode:1990Icar...88..172J. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(90)90184-B. ISSN 0019-1035. <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035%2890%2990184-B" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035%2890%2990184-B</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>[1] Space.com via Yahoo News, Jan 19, 2014, "Potato-Shaped Mars Moon Phobos May Be a Captured Asteroid" <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/potato-shaped-mars-moon-phobos-may-captured-asteroid-155337405.html" target="_blank">https://news.yahoo.com/potato-shaped-mars-moon-phobos-may-captured-asteroid-155337405.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>McKinnon, William B. (September 2008). "On The Possibility Of Large KBOs Being Injected Into The Outer Asteroid Belt". American Astronomical Society. 40: 464. Bibcode:2008DPS....40.3803M. Retrieved 15 December 2015. <a href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2008DPS....40.3803M" target="_blank">http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2008DPS....40.3803M</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine: [spec. type = D (Tholen) or spec. type = D (SMASSII)]". JPL Solar System Dynamics. Retrieved 10 August 2016. <a href="https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb_query.cgi?obj_group=all;obj_kind=all;obj_numbered=all;OBJ_field=0;ORB_field=0;combine_mode=OR;c1_group=OBJ;c1_item=Ay;c1_op=%3D;c1_value=D;c2_group=OBJ;c2_item=Ax;c2_op=%3D;c2_value=D;table_format=HTML;max_rows=100;format_option=comp;c_fields=AcBhBgBjBiBnBsAiArApAxAy;.cgifields=format_option;.cgifields=obj_kind;.cgifields=obj_group;.cgifields=obj_numbered;.cgifields=combine_mode;.cgifields=ast_orbit_class;.cgifields=table_format;.cgifields=com_orbit_class&query=1&c_sort=AcA" target="_blank">https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb_query.cgi?obj_group=all;obj_kind=all;obj_numbered=all;OBJ_field=0;ORB_field=0;combine_mode=OR;c1_group=OBJ;c1_item=Ay;c1_op=%3D;c1_value=D;c2_group=OBJ;c2_item=Ax;c2_op=%3D;c2_value=D;table_format=HTML;max_rows=100;format_option=comp;c_fields=AcBhBgBjBiBnBsAiArApAxAy;.cgifields=format_option;.cgifields=obj_kind;.cgifields=obj_group;.cgifields=obj_numbered;.cgifields=combine_mode;.cgifields=ast_orbit_class;.cgifields=table_format;.cgifields=com_orbit_class&query=1&c_sort=AcA</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine: [spec. type = D (Tholen) or spec. type = D (SMASSII)]". JPL Solar System Dynamics. 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