Solar System: Asteroids, Comets and Meteors: Comets: Page 2

Resource for telescope observers involved in the Deep Impact space mission to comet Tempel 1. Provides observation campaign data and observer collaboration.

History, orbits, composition, ways comets are studied, relation to meteor showers. Comets Halley, Shoemaker-Levy 9. From the National Air and Space Museum.

Glossary of comet (and astronomical) terms.

Informative illustrated explanation of what comets are, what they are made of, where they come from and how to observe them.

Offers updated orbital data, lists and orbit diagrams. Includes near Earth objects and minor planets.

Orbit computations for selected comets.

The original discovery and latest news about a new class of interplanetary bodies.

Images of sun grazing comets from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. Also, background, archives, and how to interpret images and report new discoveries.

Updated news letter on observation opportunities, designation of names and discoveries. Includes observation data and links.

Basic features and some more information on selected comets.