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G-class asteroid
A dark asteroid belonging to a subcategory of C-class asteroids, distinguished by having a very strong ultraviolet absorption feature at wavelengths shorter than 0.4 microns due to water of hydration in the surface rocks. G-class asteroids, of which the best known example is Ceres, have albedos of 0.05 to 0.09.
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