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METEOROID – A small particle from an asteroid or comet traveling through space.

ASTEROID IMPACT HYPOTHESIS – The theory that a massive asteroid impact led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

PSYCHE MISSION – A NASA mission designed to study the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche.

HAYABUSA2 – A Japanese mission that collected and returned samples from asteroid Ryugu.

DAWN MISSION – A NASA spacecraft that explored Vesta and Ceres.

KIRKWOOD GAPS – Gaps in the asteroid belt caused by gravitational resonances with Jupiter.

MAIN BELT ASTEROIDS – Asteroids that orbit within the main asteroid belt.

METALLIC (M-TYPE) ASTEROIDS – Asteroids primarily made of iron and nickel.

SILICACEOUS (S-TYPE) ASTEROIDS – Rocky asteroids composed mostly of silicates.