Until spacecraft flew by asteroids, scientists did not have a good idea of what they looked like. Which of the following missions was the first to fly by an asteroid?
A) NEAR Shoemaker
B) Rosetta
C) Galileo
D) Dawn
E) Stardust
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A) M-type.
B) S-type.
C) C-type.
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