D-type asteroids have a very lowalbedo and a featureless reddishspectrum.[1] It has been suggested that they have a composition of organic-richsilicates,carbon andanhydrous silicates, possibly with waterice in their interiors.[2] D-type asteroids are found in the outerasteroid belt and beyond; examples are152 Atala,944 Hidalgo and mostJupiter trojans. It has been suggested that theTagish Lake meteorite was a fragment from a D-type asteroid, and that the Martian moonPhobos is closely related.[3]
TheNice model suggests that D-type asteroids may have originated in theKuiper belt.[4] 46 D-type asteroids are known, including:3552 Don Quixote,944 Hidalgo,624 Hektor, and10199 Chariklo.[5]
A list of some of the largest D-type asteroids.[5]
| Name of Asteroid | Classification | Diameter (km) | Diameter method | Minor planet category | |
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| 267 Tirza | D | DU | 52.68 ±3.1 | IRAS | Main-belt asteroid |
| 279 Thule | X | D | 126.59 ±3.7 | IRAS | Outermain-belt asteroid |
| 336 Lacadiera | Xk | D | 69.31 ±2.4 | IRAS | Main-belt asteroid |
| 368 Haidea | – | D | 69.61 ±2.2 | IRAS | Main-belt asteroid |
| 624 Hektor | – | D | 250 ±25 | Direct imaging | Jupiter trojan |
| 721 Tabora | – | D | 76.07 ±2.5 | IRAS | Outer main-belt asteroid |
| 773 Irmintraud | T | D | 95.88 ±1.8 | IRAS | Main-belt asteroid |
| 884 Priamus | – | D | 110 ±10 | Absmag | Jupiter trojan |
| 911 Agamemnon | – | D | 166.66 ±3.9 | IRAS | Jupiter trojan |
| 944 Hidalgo | – | D | 38 ±5 | Absmag | Centaur |
| 1143 Odysseus | – | D | 125.64 ±3.7 | IRAS | Jupiter trojan |
| 1144 Oda | – | D | 57.59 ±2.2 | IRAS | Outer main-belt asteroid |
| 1172 Äneas | – | D | 142.82 ±4.8 | IRAS | Jupiter trojan |
| 1167 Dubiago | – | D | 63.12 ±5.6 | IRAS | Outer main-belt asteroid |
| 1256 Normannia | – | D | 69.22 ±2.8 | IRAS | Outer main-belt asteroid |
| 1269 Rollandia | – | D | 105.19 ±2.8 | IRAS | Outer main-belt asteroid |
| 1578 Kirkwood | – | D | 51.88 ±1.8 | IRAS | Outer main-belt asteroid |
| 1583 Antilochus | – | D | 101.62 ±3.2 | IRAS | Jupiter trojan |
| 1746 Brouwer | – | D | 64.25 ±4.9 | IRAS | Outer main-belt asteroid |
| 1867 Deiphobus | – | D | 122.67 ±3.9 | IRAS | Jupiter trojan |
| 2207 Antenor | – | D | 85.11 ±3.7 | IRAS | Jupiter trojan |
| 2241 Alcathous | – | D | 114.63 ±5.8 | IRAS | Jupiter trojan |
| 2311 El Leoncito | – | D | 53.14 ±3.0 | IRAS | Outer main-belt asteroid |
| 2312 Duboshin | – | D | 54.94 ±3.2 | IRAS | Outer main-belt asteroid |
| 2357 Phereclos | – | D | 94.90 ±4.3 | IRAS | Jupiter trojan |
| 2363 Cebriones | – | D | 81.84 ±5.1 | IRAS | Jupiter trojan |
| 2674 Pandarus | – | D | 98.10 ±3.2 | IRAS | Jupiter trojan |
| 2893 Peiroos | – | D | 87.46 ±6.9 | IRAS | Jupiter trojan |
| 10199 Chariklo | D | – | 302 ±30 | n.a. | Centaur |
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