Near Earth Objects
Categories
- Near Misses (5)
- Observatories (5)
Links
NeoDys, Near Earth Objects - Dynamic Site
http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo
Searchable database of near Earth asteroids, risk calculations for possible collisions with Earth, orbit calculation software.
Ondrejov NEO Program
http://sunkl.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/
Activities at Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic, for photometry and astrometry of NEOs. Project news, binary near Earth asteroids, people involved, lists of light curve parameters.
Planetary Society's Near Earth Objects Page
NEO overview, projects, details on selected objects, space missions, news, Gene Shoemaker grant fund.
Spaceguard Foundation e.V.
http://spaceguard.dlr.de/default_eng.htm
German organization promoting NEO research. News, links, organization aims, history, current activities.
Toutatis
http://www.astrosurf.com/maury/asteroides/toutatis.html
Ephmeris and data on 4179 Toutatis, including close approaches and animations.
Tricky Science of Predicting Asteroid Collisions
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0405/p03s01-stss.html
Christian Science Monitor article examining asteroid collision science.
Understanding the Distribution of Near Earth Objects.
http://www.obs-nice.fr/morby/ESA/esa.html
Technical paper describing sources and orbital evolution of near Earth objects, and implications for NEO search efforts.
Wikipedia: Near-Earth object
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Earth_object
Encyclopedia article covers collision danger, spacecraft access, efforts to catalog NEOs, classifications, impact hazard scales.


