C-type asteroid

C38742
concept

A C-type asteroid is a dark, carbon-rich small Solar System body composed primarily of clay and silicate rocks, representing some of the most primitive and unaltered material from the early Solar System.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
C-type asteroid canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: C-type asteroid
Generated description
A C-type asteroid is a dark, carbon-rich small Solar System body composed primarily of clay and silicate rocks, representing some of the most primitive and unaltered material from the early Solar System.

Instances (1)

Instance Via concept surface
162173 Ryugu