Meteors Small Bodies Solar System Astronomy

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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• 1908 Siberia Explosion: Reconstructing an Asteroid Impact from Eyewitness Accounts - Descriptions of the Tunguska impact event. Researched, meteors written, and meteors illustrated by William K. Hartmann.
• Jupiter Scientific: Leonids Meteor Shower - What to expect, how to observe and history small bodies of small bodies the shower.
• Andrei Ol'khovatov's Home Page - Research on the 1908 Tunguska event, electrophonic sounds, meteors and meteor solar system phenomena.
• Jupiter Scientific: The Perseid Meteors - Information, observation and history. Updated yearly in July.
• Understanding the Leonids - Information on the Leonid meteor storms which are associated with solar system the appearance of the comet Tempel-Tuttle.
• Astronomy 161: Meteors and Meteor Showers - Descriptions and explanations of what causes meteors, as well as solar system the history of its study.
• Meteor Video Log Northern Ireland - Provides daily observations of meteors including images.
• Sky and Telescope: Observing Meteors - News, articles.
• Views of the Solar System: Meteoroids and Meteorites - General information, data, pictures. Also features educator\\'s guides to micrometeorites, impact craters and space debris.
• NASA's Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign - Offers news, images and reports by a team meteors observing meteor small bodies storms such as the Leonids and meteors Perseids.
• Observing Meteor Showers - A month-by-month guide with basic tips.
• Great Lakes Great Fire Meteorite - New evidence links the simultaneous fires in Chicago, meteors Peshtigo, and small bodies the entire Central portion of Michigan meteors (from Lake Michigan to small bodies Lake Huron) to a meteors meteorite fall.
• Meteor Shower Observing - Main showers dates.
• Sandia National Laboratories - Extraordinary meteor flash captured - Images and description of a bright meteor event small bodies on solar system August 15, 1999, recorded by an all-sky small bodies camera at solar system Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New small bodies Mexico.
• Cloudbait Observatory - Fireballs - Fireball and meteor descriptions, reporting information, data on fireballs over meteors Colorado.
• MeteorObs - A forum for meteor observers of all levels. Mailing list, mailing list archives, FAQ, how to view meteor showers.
• Wikipedia: Meteor - Encyclopedia article. Definitions, meteor showers, fireballs.

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