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Ceres
Largest asteroid in the asteroid belt; dwarf planet status.
Chicxulub Impactor
Caused the mass extinction event including the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
Vesta
Second largest object in the asteroid belt; source of HED meteorites.
Hoba
Largest known meteorite that has been found on Earth.
Tunguska Event
Mysterious explosion in Siberia in 1908, believed to be caused by an airburst of a comet or asteroid.
Apophis
Near-Earth asteroid that will closely pass Earth on April 13, 2029.
Halley's Comet
Most famous periodic comet, visible from Earth every 75 to 76 years.
Barringer Crater
Best-preserved meteorite crater on Earth, located in Arizona.
1998 OR2
Large near-Earth asteroid that passed safely by in 2020.
Ryugu
Near-Earth asteroid visited by Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2.
Hayabusa2
Japanese space mission that successfully returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu.
Pallas
Third-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt; characterized by a heavily cratered surface.
Hygiea
Fourth-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt; may qualify as a dwarf planet.
Psyche
Asteroid made of metal; target of a NASA space mission.
Bennu
Near-Earth asteroid; target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample-return mission.
Ensisheim Meteorite
Oldest preserved meteorite in Europe, fell in 1492 in France.
Gibeon Meteorite
Iron meteorite that fell in prehistoric times in Namibia; used by indigenous people for tools.
433 Eros
First asteroid orbited by a spacecraft (NEAR Shoemaker); second-largest near-Earth asteroid.
162173 Ryugu
Target of the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission; a C-type asteroid with a rotation period around 7.6 hours.
3200 Phaethon
Asteroid responsible for the Geminid meteor shower, and unusual because its orbit brings it closer to the Sun than any other named asteroid.
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