Asteroids and Comets
Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) over Paranal. Credit: G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)/ESO.
In this document, we introduce a comprehensive suite of interactive, educator-friendly tools—ranging from NASA’s real-time asteroid visualizer to ESA’s planetary defense interfaces—that enable students to explore, simulate, and assess the properties and orbital dynamics of asteroids and comets throughout our Solar System.