Dawn is a mission that explores two bodies in the asteroid belt. Most meteorites come from asteroids. What is the asteroid belt really like? Science fiction and comics provide one view of what it would be like to explore the asteroid belt. View our cartoon animation above and test your own knowledge!

• Describe the scene above.
• What parts of this scene seem to be accurate?
• What parts of this scene seem to be inaccurate?
• Where could meteorites come from in this movie?
  (Meteorites are rocks from space that fall on the Earth.)
• How do scientists study small bodies in space?

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