Solar System: Asteroids, Comets and Meteors

Descriptions of asteroids, comets, and near Earth objects.

A digest of news related to asteroids, comets, and meteors. Monitors changes in impact risk calculations. Includes links to original sources of information.

Introduction paper on asteroids and Kuiper Belt objects.

Data from across NASA, compiled at the National Space Science Data Center.

A meeting bringing together scientists studying small solar system bodies. Dates and links of past meetings.

A curriculum prepared by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.

Selected articles, usually with some connection to life on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system.

A telescope has detected what could be the Solar System's 10th planet, Sedna.

A minor body with dual status as both asteroid and comet.

Organization that collects and analyzes meteor data. Articles, images, data, software, links.