M型小惑星
16 Psyche is the largest M-type asteroid, and does appear to be metallic. The Psyche spacecraft is slated to visit 16 Psyche. 21 Lutetia, an anomalous, probably non-metallic body, was the first M-type asteroid to be imaged by a spacecraft when the Rosetta space probe visited it on July 10, 2010. Another M-type asteroid, 216 Kleopatra, was imaged by radar by the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, and has a dog bone-like shape.