Solar System: Asteroids, Comets and Meteors

Includes news, information, professional and amateur observations as well as historical research. Compiled by Gary W. Kronk.

Physics of asteroids, comets and meteoroids. Application with Newton's and Kepler's Laws, kinetic and potential energy.

International clearing house for observations of asteroids and comets.

Interactive 3D orbit visualization for known asteroids and comets.

Data concerning asteroids and comets, in a standard format for use primarily by astronomical observers and mission planners, as well as educators and students.

Instructional materials from NASA on Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors.

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

Selected NASA images.

Official names of features on asteroids as approved by the International Astronomical Union. Data and images for selected asteroids and comets.

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

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

Transcript of the television broadcast, kitchen comet activity, general information on comets.

Descriptions of asteroids, comets, and near Earth objects.

Fact sheets on asteroids and comets, index to radio broadcasts on related topics. From the McDonald Observatory.

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

Overview of asteroids, comets, and meteors, with special attention to the impact hazard to Earth.