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Can minerals be found on asteroids?

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Of course not, you silly person. Asteroids are classified as a scientific phenomenon because of it. Asteroids are not composed of any minerals; in fact, they are not even composed of elements. They are undetectable completely unless you throw paint on them. However, since nothing can actually make physical contact with them, you must first make a paper mache structure in the shape of the asteroid prior to throwing paint on them. Because of their strange properties, many scientists have speculated that asteroids are actually alien spacecraft. Recently, it was proved that they can travel faster than 14 mph if they are subatomic in size.

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