Solar System: Asteroids, Comets and Meteors: Meteors

New evidence links the simultaneous fires in Chicago, Peshtigo, and the entire Central portion of Michigan (from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron) to a meteorite fall.

A month-by-month guide with basic tips.

Descriptions and explanations of what causes meteors, as well as the history of its study.

What meteors really are and when to see them.

General information, data, pictures. Also features educator's guides to micrometeorites, impact craters and space debris.

What to expect, how to observe and history of the shower.

Information, observation and history. Updated yearly in July.

News, articles.

A forum for meteor observers of all levels. Mailing list, mailing list archives, FAQ, how to view meteor showers.

Descriptions of the Tunguska impact event. Researched, written, and illustrated by William K. Hartmann.

Images and description of a bright meteor event on August 15, 1999, recorded by an all-sky camera at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Fireball and meteor descriptions, reporting information, data on fireballs over Colorado.

Encyclopedia article. Definitions, meteor showers, fireballs.

Illustrated reports, photo gallery from meteorite expeditions undertaken in the Sahara desert of North Africa.