Comets Small Bodies Solar System
Comets Small Bodies Solar System
Comets are like asteroids, but when they are near the sun they release dust or gas. This gives them a tail or makes them look fuzzy.
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter - Extensive coverage of the event July 1994. Includes observations, reports, 1444 images, news releases and links.
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Comet comet comet - Overview of comets, as described by a professional comet researcher.
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Glossary - Glossary of comet (and astronomical) terms.
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Comet Information and the International Comet Quarterly - From the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. News, observations, orbital data, comet names and designations, links.
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How Stuff Works: Comet - Informative illustrated explanation of what comets are, what they are made of, where they come from and how to observe them.
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Catalogue of Comet Discoveries - Downloadable catalog. Also news, reading list, articles, links.
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Small Comets - The original discovery and latest news about a new class of interplanetary bodies.
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The ICQ Comet Information Website - Updated news letter on observation opportunities, designation of names and discoveries. Includes observation data and links.
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Views of the Solar System: Comets - Basic features, data, discoveries, images and sections with specific information on selected comets.
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Canadian Comet Catchers - A list of comets discovered by Canadian astronomers.
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Comet Section of Germany - News, observations, analyses of current comets, images, archives, links.
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British Astronomical Association Comet Section - News, recent observations, observing information and advice.
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Lists and Plots: Comets - Offers updated orbital data, lists and orbit diagrams. Includes near Earth objects and minor planets.
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Comet Observations - Catalogue of images, ordered by comet.
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Windows to the Universe: Comets - General information and data, pictures, details on the most interesting ones.
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Wikipedia: Comet - Encyclopedia entry covers physical characteristics, history. List of well-known comets.
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Nakano Note - Orbit computations for selected comets.
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Comet's Long Tail Tickles Ulysses - The solar polar orbit satellite observed tail of comet Hyakutake by means of magnetic fields and particle count anomalies. Article from Science News.
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Exploring The Planets: Comets - History, orbits, composition, ways comets are studied, relation to meteor showers. Comets Halley, Shoemaker-Levy 9. From the National Air and Space Museum.
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