Aerospaceguide. net: Near Earth Asteroid «
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/nearearthasteroids.html | | Descriptions of asteroids , comets , and near earth objects. |
Asteroid/Comet Connection «
http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/news.htm | | A digest of news related to asteroids , comets , and meteors. monitors changes in impact risk calculations. includes links to original sources of information. |
Asteroids - their history «
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/heather.hobden1/asteroids.htm | | Introduction paper on asteroids and kuiper belt objects. |
Asteroids and Comets «
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/asteroidpage.html | | Data from across nasa , compiled at the national space science data center. |
Asteroids Comets Meteors (ACM) «
http://www.astro.uu.se/planet/acm_eng.html | | A meeting bringing together scientists studying small solar system bodies. dates and links of past meetings. |
Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites: Their Intimate Relation with Life on Earth «
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1996/6/96.06.03.x.html | | A curriculum prepared by the yale-new haven teachers institute. |
Astrobiology Magazine: Meteors, Comets, and Asteroids «
http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=8 | | Selected articles , usually with some connection to life on earth or elsewhere in the solar system. |
BBC NEWS: Astronomers Discover 'New Planet' «
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3511678.stm | | A telescope has detected what could be the solar system's 10th planet , sedna. |
Chiron Information and Documentation «
http://www.vub.ac.be/STER/www.astro/chihp.htm | | A minor body with dual status as both asteroid and comet. |
Comet/Asteroid Orbit Determination and Ephemeris Software «
http://home.earthlink.net/~jimbaer1/ | | A downloadable java program for various orbit computations on asteroids and comets. |
Committee on Small Body Nomenclature «
http://www.ss.astro.umd.edu/IAU/csbn/ | | Group responsible for the naming of asteroids and comets. description of the naming process , guidelines for submitting name proposals. |
Keeping an Eye on Space Rocks «
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/templates/flash/neo/neo.htm | | Overview of asteroids , comets , and meteors , with special attention to the impact hazard to earth. |
Meteorites and Asteroids «
http://www.williams.edu/astronomy/jay/chapter20_etu6.html | | Companion resource to an astronomy textbook , contains links and current news about meteorites and asteroids. |
Minor Planet Center «
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html | | International clearing house for observations of asteroids and comets. |
NASA Planetary Photojournal: Asteroid and Comets «
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/target/Other | | Selected nasa images. |
