Comets Small Bodies Solar System Astronomy

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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Images Comet Hyakutake Amateur Observing@ Comet Lee Comet Hale-Bopp

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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.

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

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