Astronomy: Solar System: Asteroids, Comets and Meteors: Asteroids

Basic information about asteroids, history of asteroid discovery, Bode's Law.

Description, data on selected asteroids, images.

Tools to help observers select targets and plan observations. Also, orbital elements, reference star catalog data and software, link to Lowell Observatory Near Earth Object Search (LONEOS).

NASA JPL asteroid research using radar. Introduction, scientific activity, asteroid images.

Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery.

Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.

Lightcurve collaboration, physical studies, software, Palmer Divide Observatory.

Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions.

Common questions.

Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event.

A review of current knowledge of this dynamical group. Overview, low eccentricity Hildas, the Schubart family, numbered Hildas of the Palomar-Leiden survey.

Cartography of irregularly shaped asteroids and satellites. Maps, images, related papers.

Research in determining asteroid shapes through photometric data and multiple data sources. Reference documents, introduction, links.

From the Uppsala Planetary System Group. Overview, research projects, discoveries.

Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.

Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.

Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of Hawaii.

Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.

Known or suspected asteroids with satellites.

Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.

Basic description, overview of asteroid science.

Graphs and animations showing major asteroid groups and families.

Scientifically accurate scale models of asteroids.

Light curves, database of asteroid spin vectors.

Association of European research groups active in asteroid research. Links to member sites and resources useful for asteroid research.