Asteroids, Comets and Meteors Solar System Astronomy

Asteroids, Comets and Meteors

Asteroids, comets, and meteors are sometimes called "small bodies" of the Solar System. They are chunks of ice, rock, or metal that are small, at least compared to planets. They are related in several ways, so sites with information about all three are common.

• - A telescope has detected what could be the Solar System's 10th planet, Sedna.
  
• - Overview of asteroids, comets, meteors. Images, data, links.
  
• - Selected articles, usually with some connection to life on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system.
  
• - Data concerning asteroids and comets, in a standard format for use primarily by astronomical observers and mission planners, as well as educators and students.
  
• - Introduction paper on asteroids and Kuiper Belt objects.
  
• - Directory grouped by Asteroids, Asteroid Belt, Comets, Kuiper Belt, Meteors.
  
• - Link collection covering the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, asteroids, comets, meteors and meteorites, near Earth objects, and impacts.
  
• - Instructional materials from NASA on Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors.
  
• - Selected NASA images.
  
• - A minor body with dual status as both asteroid and comet.
  
• - Overview of asteroids, comets, and meteors, with special attention to the impact hazard to Earth.
  
• - Research in fireballs, meteorite falls, and near Earth objects.
  
• - Interactive 3D orbit visualization for known asteroids and comets.
  
• - Transcript of the television broadcast, kitchen comet activity, general information on comets.
  
• - Companion resource to an astronomy textbook, contains links and current news about meteorites and asteroids.
  
• - Catalog of names associated with small body impacts. Meteors, meteorites, craters, impact structures, and tektites, both on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system.
  
• - Extensive FAQ.
  
• - Descriptions of asteroids, comets, and near Earth objects.
  
• - Official names of features on asteroids as approved by the International Astronomical Union. Data and images for selected asteroids and comets.
  
• - A meeting bringing together scientists studying small solar system bodies. Dates and links of past meetings.
  
• - Data from across NASA, compiled at the National Space Science Data Center.
  
• - Includes news, information, professional and amateur observations as well as historical research. Compiled by Gary W. Kronk.
  
• - A downloadable Java program for various orbit computations on asteroids and comets.
  
• - Information on meteors and their observation. Includes online purchasing of stone chondrite and iron meteorites.
  
• - Group responsible for the naming of asteroids and comets. Description of the naming process, guidelines for submitting name proposals.
  
• - Forum for discussion of asteroids and comets.
  
• - Physics of asteroids, comets and meteoroids. Application with Newton's and Kepler's Laws, kinetic and potential energy.
  
• - A curriculum prepared by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
  
• - Asteroids Ida and Dactyl, Comets Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Halley, representative meteorites.
  
• - International clearing house for observations of asteroids and comets.
  
• - General information on the object officially known as 2003 VB12. This object is the most distant body known that orbits our Sun.
  
• - Organization that collects and analyzes meteor data. Articles, images, data, software, links.
  
• - Fact sheets on asteroids and comets, index to radio broadcasts on related topics. From the McDonald Observatory.
  
  

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