Comets
Categories
- Comet Hale-Bopp (4)
- Comet Hyakutake (2)
- Comet Lee (1)
Links
How Stuff Works: Comet
http://www.howstuffworks.com/comet.htm
Informative illustrated explanation of what comets are, what they are made of, where they come from and how to observe them.
Small Comets
http://smallcomets.physics.uiowa.edu/
The original discovery and latest news about a new class of interplanetary bodies.
Views of the Solar System: Comets
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/comet.htm
Basic features, data, discoveries, images and sections with specific information on selected comets.
The Solar System in Actions: Comets
http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/comets.html
Basic features and some more information on selected comets.
Windows to the Universe: Comets
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/comets.html
General information and data, pictures, details on the most interesting ones.
Comet Information and the International Comet Quarterly
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/icq.html
From the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. News, observations, orbital data, comet names and designations, links.
British Astronomical Association Comet Section
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/
News, recent observations, observing information and advice.
Canadian Comet Catchers
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dave.chapman/CanCom.html
A list of comets discovered by Canadian astronomers.
Catalogue of Comet Discoveries
Downloadable catalog. Also news, reading list, articles, links.
Comet Section of Germany
http://www.fg-kometen.de/fgk_hpe.htm
News, observations, analyses of current comets, images, archives, links.
Wikipedia: Comet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
Encyclopedia entry covers physical characteristics, history. List of well-known comets.
Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter
Extensive coverage of the event July 1994. Includes observations, reports, 1444 images, news releases and links.
Glossary
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/ICQGlossary.html
Glossary of comet (and astronomical) terms.
Lists and Plots: Comets
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/CometLists.html
Offers updated orbital data, lists and orbit diagrams. Includes near Earth objects and minor planets.