Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Categories
- Near Earth Objects (28)
- Observatories (8)
Links
NOVA Online: Doomsday Asteroid
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spacewatch/
Transcript of the television broadcast, kitchen comet activity, general information on comets.
Orbits
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/orbits/
Interactive 3D orbit visualization for known asteroids and comets.
Planetary Data System: Small Bodies Node
Data concerning asteroids and comets, in a standard format for use primarily by astronomical observers and mission planners, as well as educators and students.
Small Bodies
Link collection covering the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, asteroids, comets, meteors and meteorites, near Earth objects, and impacts.
Spacelink: Small Bodies
Instructional materials from NASA on Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors.
Startdate Online: Leftovers
http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/leftovers.html
Fact sheets on asteroids and comets, index to radio broadcasts on related topics. From the McDonald Observatory.
The Nine Planets: Small Bodies in the Solar System
http://www.nineplanets.org/smallbodies.html
Overview of asteroids, comets, meteors. Images, data, links.
The Physics of: Asteroids, Comets and Meteoroids
http://ca.geocities.com/spacephysicsisu/
Physics of asteroids, comets and meteoroids. Application with Newton's and Kepler's Laws, kinetic and potential energy.
USGS Astrogeology: Other Objects
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/SolarSystem/OtherObjects/
Official names of features on asteroids as approved by the International Astronomical Union. Data and images for selected asteroids and comets.
Welcome to the Planets: Small Bodies
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/choices/smallbod1.htm
Asteroids Ida and Dactyl, Comets Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Halley, representative meteorites.