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Vesta

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Second largest object in the asteroid belt; source of HED meteorites.

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Hayabusa2

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Japanese space mission that successfully returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu.

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Barringer Crater

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Best-preserved meteorite crater on Earth, located in Arizona.

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1998 OR2

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Large near-Earth asteroid that passed safely by in 2020.

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Chicxulub Impactor

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Caused the mass extinction event including the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

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Ryugu

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Near-Earth asteroid visited by Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2.

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3200 Phaethon

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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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Bennu

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Near-Earth asteroid; target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample-return mission.

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Gibeon Meteorite

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Iron meteorite that fell in prehistoric times in Namibia; used by indigenous people for tools.

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Hoba

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Largest known meteorite that has been found on Earth.

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Apophis

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Near-Earth asteroid that will closely pass Earth on April 13, 2029.

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Tunguska Event

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Mysterious explosion in Siberia in 1908, believed to be caused by an airburst of a comet or asteroid.

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Ensisheim Meteorite

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Oldest preserved meteorite in Europe, fell in 1492 in France.

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Psyche

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Asteroid made of metal; target of a NASA space mission.

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Ceres

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Largest asteroid in the asteroid belt; dwarf planet status.

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Halley's Comet

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Most famous periodic comet, visible from Earth every 75 to 76 years.

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Pallas

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Third-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt; characterized by a heavily cratered surface.

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433 Eros

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First asteroid orbited by a spacecraft (NEAR Shoemaker); second-largest near-Earth asteroid.

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Hygiea

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Fourth-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt; may qualify as a dwarf planet.

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162173 Ryugu

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Target of the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission; a C-type asteroid with a rotation period around 7.6 hours.

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