Why do we think that about 6% of the meteorites landing on Earth originate from Vespa?
A) Their trajectories match the orbit of Vespa.
B) The ages of the meteorites match the age of the asteroid.
C) The chemical composition of the asteroids matches the chemical composition of a large crater on Vespa where the Dawn spacecraft obtained infrared spectra.
D) The meteors are all about the same size, indicating that they came from the same impact crater on Vespa.
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