Meteors Small Bodies Solar System
Meteors Small Bodies Solar System
A meteor is an event, not just an object. It happens when small pebble (a meteoroid) enters our atmosphere and burns up. Any pieces that reach the ground are called meteorites. Meteoroids are distinguished from asteroids by being too small to cause much damage at ground level, if they were to hit the Earth.
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NASA's Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign - Offers news, images and reports by a team observing meteor storms such as the Leonids and Perseids.
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Meteor Video Log Northern Ireland - Provides daily observations of meteors including images.
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Sandia National Laboratories - Extraordinary meteor flash captured - Images and description of a bright meteor event on August 15, 1999, recorded by an all-sky camera at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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1908 Siberia Explosion: Reconstructing an Asteroid Impact from Eyewitness Accounts - Descriptions of the Tunguska impact event. Researched, written, and illustrated by William K. Hartmann.
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Observing Meteor Showers - A month-by-month guide with basic tips.
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Understanding the Leonids - Information on the Leonid meteor storms which are associated with the appearance of the comet Tempel-Tuttle.
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MeteorObs - A forum for meteor observers of all levels. Mailing list, mailing list archives, FAQ, how to view meteor showers.
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Jupiter Scientific: The Perseid Meteors - Information, observation and history. Updated yearly in July.
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Astronomy 161: Meteors and Meteor Showers - Descriptions and explanations of what causes meteors, as well as the history of its study.
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Meteor Shower Observing - Main showers dates.
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Wikipedia: Meteor - Encyclopedia article. Definitions, meteor showers, fireballs.
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Jupiter Scientific: Leonids Meteor Shower - What to expect, how to observe and history of the shower.
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Cloudbait Observatory - Fireballs - Fireball and meteor descriptions, reporting information, data on fireballs over Colorado.
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Andrei Ol'khovatov's Home Page - Research on the 1908 Tunguska event, electrophonic sounds, and meteor phenomena.
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Great Lakes Great Fire Meteorite - New evidence links the simultaneous fires in Chicago, Peshtigo, and the entire Central portion of Michigan (from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron) to a meteorite fall.
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Views of the Solar System: Meteoroids and Meteorites - General information, data, pictures. Also features educator's guides to micrometeorites, impact craters and space debris.
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Sky and Telescope: Observing Meteors - News, articles.
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