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In a device used to study these objects, samples are exposed by removing unwanted debris by firing a projectile from its Small Carry-On Impactor. Evaporites like trona have been collected from these objects using the TAGSAM instrument. The SMASS system for these objects extends their Tholen classification, under which examples of these objects with higher albedo are typically of the silicaceous S-type, which is rarer than their carbonaceous C-type. One of these objects named Ryugu (“ree-YOO-goo”) was confirmed to be a rubble pile by Hayabusa2. One of these objects named Bennu was the target of the recent sample return mission OSIRIS-REx. 2024 YR4 is one of these objects that was briefly projected to have a greater than one percent chance of impacting the Earth. For 10 points, name these solar system bodies primarily found between Mars and Jupiter. ■END■
ANSWER: asteroids [accept S-type asteroids or C-type asteroids; accept Apollo asteroids; accept near-Earth asteroids; prompt on Near-Earth objects; prompt on minor planets]
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