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Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Asteroids, comets, and meteors are sometimes called "small bodies" of the Solar System. They are chunks of ice, rock, or metal that are small, at least compared to planets. They are related in several ways, so sites with information about all three are common.
Sites in Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Comets and Meteor Showers
Includes news, information, professional and amateur observations as well as historical research. Compiled by Gary W. Kronk.
The Physics of: Asteroids, Comets and Meteoroids
Physics of asteroids, comets and meteoroids. Application with Newton's and Kepler's Laws, kinetic and potential energy.
Peter G. Brown
Research in fireballs, meteorite falls, and near Earth objects.
Minor Planet Center
International clearing house for observations of asteroids and comets.
Minor Planet Mailing List
Forum for discussion of asteroids and comets.
Orbits
Interactive 3D orbit visualization for known asteroids and comets.
Planetary Data System: Small Bodies Node
Data concerning asteroids and comets, in a standard format for use primarily by astronomical observers and mission planners, as well as educators and students.
Spacelink: Small Bodies
Instructional materials from NASA on Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors.
Chiron Information and Documentation
A minor body with dual status as both asteroid and comet.
NASA Planetary Photojournal: Asteroid and Comets
Selected NASA images.
USGS Astrogeology: Other Objects
Official names of features on asteroids as approved by the International Astronomical Union. Data and images for selected asteroids and comets.
Asteroids and Comets
Data from across NASA, compiled at the National Space Science Data Center.
Asteroid/Comet Connection
A digest of news related to asteroids, comets, and meteors. Monitors changes in impact risk calculations. Includes links to original sources of information.
NOVA Online: Doomsday Asteroid
Transcript of the television broadcast, kitchen comet activity, general information on comets.
Aerospaceguide.net: Near Earth Asteroid
Descriptions of asteroids, comets, and near Earth objects.
Margate Public Library: Asteroids
Directory grouped by Asteroids, Asteroid Belt, Comets, Kuiper Belt, Meteors.
Startdate Online: Leftovers
Fact sheets on asteroids and comets, index to radio broadcasts on related topics. From the McDonald Observatory.
Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites: Their Intimate Relation with Life on Earth
A curriculum prepared by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
Dr. Odenwald's Ask the Astronomer page: Asteroids, Meteors and Comets
Extensive FAQ.
Keeping an Eye on Space Rocks
Overview of asteroids, comets, and meteors, with special attention to the impact hazard to Earth.
Asteroids Comets Meteors (ACM)
A meeting bringing together scientists studying small solar system bodies. Dates and links of past meetings.
Committee on Small Body Nomenclature
Group responsible for the naming of asteroids and comets. Description of the naming process, guidelines for submitting name proposals.
Small Bodies
Link collection covering the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, asteroids, comets, meteors and meteorites, near Earth objects, and impacts.
Meteorites and Asteroids
Companion resource to an astronomy textbook, contains links and current news about meteorites and asteroids.
Comet and Meteors Workshop
Organization that collects and analyzes meteor data. Articles, images, data, software, links.
Welcome to the Planets: Small Bodies
Asteroids Ida and Dactyl, Comets Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Halley, representative meteorites.
Comet/Asteroid Orbit Determination and Ephemeris Software
A downloadable Java program for various orbit computations on asteroids and comets.
BBC NEWS: Astronomers Discover 'New Planet'
A telescope has detected what could be the Solar System's 10th planet, Sedna.
Astrobiology Magazine: Meteors, Comets, and Asteroids
Selected articles, usually with some connection to life on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system.
Meteorica
Catalog of names associated with small body impacts. Meteors, meteorites, craters, impact structures, and tektites, both on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system.
Meteors
Information on meteors and their observation. Includes online purchasing of stone chondrite and iron meteorites.
The Nine Planets: Small Bodies in the Solar System
Overview of asteroids, comets, meteors. Images, data, links.
Nine Planets: Sedna
General information on the object officially known as 2003 VB12. This object is the most distant body known that orbits our Sun. |
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