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.
- http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/news.htm
Asteroids - their history - Introduction paper on asteroids and Kuiper Belt objects. - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/heather.hobden1/asteroids.htm
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. - http://www.nineplanets.org/sedna.html
Astrobiology Magazine: Meteors, Comets, and Asteroids - Selected articles, usually with some connection to life on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system. - http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=8
BBC NEWS: Astronomers Discover 'New Planet' - A telescope has detected what could be the Solar System's 10th planet, Sedna. - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3511678.stm
Welcome to the Planets: Small Bodies - Asteroids Ida and Dactyl, Comets Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Halley, representative meteorites. - http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/choices/smallbod1.htm
Meteorites and Asteroids - Companion resource to an astronomy textbook, contains links and current news about meteorites and asteroids. - http://www.williams.edu/astronomy/jay/chapter20_etu6.html
Small Bodies - Link collection covering the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, asteroids, comets, meteors and meteorites, near Earth objects, and impacts. - http://www.snark.org/sb.htm
Committee on Small Body Nomenclature - Group responsible for the naming of asteroids and comets. Description of the naming process, guidelines for submitting name proposals. - http://www.ss.astro.umd.edu/IAU/csbn/
Asteroids Comets Meteors (ACM) - A meeting bringing together scientists studying small solar system bodies. Dates and links of past meetings. - http://www.astro.uu.se/planet/acm_eng.html
Keeping an Eye on Space Rocks - Overview of asteroids, comets, and meteors, with special attention to the impact hazard to Earth. - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/templates/flash/neo/neo.htm
Startdate Online: Leftovers - Fact sheets on asteroids and comets, index to radio broadcasts on related topics. From the McDonald Observatory. - http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/leftovers.html
Aerospaceguide.net: Near Earth Asteroid - Descriptions of asteroids, comets, and near Earth objects. - http://www.aerospaceguide.net/nearearthasteroids.html
NOVA Online: Doomsday Asteroid - Transcript of the television broadcast, kitchen comet activity, general information on comets. - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spacewatch/
Asteroids and Comets - Data from across NASA, compiled at the National Space Science Data Center. - http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/asteroidpage.html
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. - http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/SolarSystem/OtherObjects/
Chiron Information and Documentation - A minor body with dual status as both asteroid and comet. - http://www.vub.ac.be/STER/www.astro/chihp.htm
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. - http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/
Orbits - Interactive 3D orbit visualization for known asteroids and comets. - http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/orbits/
Minor Planet Center - International clearing house for observations of asteroids and comets. - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html