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NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID (NEA) – An asteroid with an orbit that brings it close to Earth.

TROJAN ASTEROIDS – Asteroids that share a planet’s orbit at stable Lagrange points.

VESTA – One of the largest and brightest asteroids in the asteroid belt.

CERES – The largest object in the asteroid belt, classified as a dwarf planet.

ASTEROID BELT – A region of the Solar System between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found.

ASTEROID – A rocky or metallic body orbiting the Sun, mostly located between Mars and Jupiter.

IMPACT THEORY – The hypothesis that comets brought water and organic molecules to early Earth.

ROSETTA MISSION – A European Space Agency mission that orbited Comet 67P and deployed the Philae lander.

CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO – A comet studied in detail by ESA’s Rosetta mission.