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Ceres
Location: Main Belt, Composition: Carbonated rock and water ice
Vesta
Location: Main Belt, Composition: Basaltic rock and iron core
Pallas
Location: Main Belt, Composition: Silicate rocks with metallic iron
Hygiea
Location: Main Belt, Composition: Primitive carbonaceous material
Eros
Location: Near-Earth, Composition: Stony S-type asteroid
Gaspra
Location: Main Belt, Composition: S-type, silicate and nickel-iron
Ida
Location: Main Belt, Composition: S-type, silicate material
Mathilde
Location: Main Belt, Composition: C-type, carbonaceous chondrite
Itokawa
Location: Near-Earth, Composition: LL Chondrite (stony)
Davida
Location: Main Belt, Composition: C-type, carbonaceous
Kleopatra
Location: Main Belt, Composition: M-type, metal-rich
Psyche
Location: Main Belt, Composition: Thought to be metallic iron-nickel
Bennu
Location: Near-Earth, Composition: Carbon-rich, B-type asteroid
Ryugu
Location: Near-Earth, Composition: C-type, carbonaceous
Apophis
Location: Near-Earth, Composition: LL Chondrite (stony)
Toutatis
Location: Near-Earth, Composition: C-type, carbonaceous chondrite
Pallas
Location: Main Belt, Composition: B-type, carbonaceous
Varda
Location: Kuiper Belt, Composition: Likely carbon-rich
Quaoar
Location: Kuiper Belt, Composition: Possibly icy and rocky
Sedna
Location: Detached object, Composition: Likely mixture of ice and rock
Juno
Location: Main Belt, Composition: S-type, siliceous
Hektor
Location: Jupiter Trojans, Composition: D-type, likely organic-rich silicates
Hera
Location: Main Belt, Composition: C-type, carbonaceous
Hebe
Location: Main Belt, Composition: S-type, silicate rocks
Icarus
Location: Near-Earth, Composition: S-type, silicate materials
Cruithne
Location: Near-Earth, Composition: Q-type, silicaceous and metallic minerals
Florence
Location: Near-Earth, Composition: S-type asteroid
Ganymed
Location: Near-Earth, Composition: S-type, silicate-rich
Hermes
Location: Near-Earth, Composition: X-type asteroid
Interamnia
Location: Main Belt, Composition: F-type, dark, carbonaceous material
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