Asteroids Asteroids, Comets and Meteors Solar System

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• - A list of asteroids whose names are known to have a Canadian connection, usually because they are named after a Canadian.
  
• - Continuous news feed, reading list of books.
  
• - Basic description, overview of asteroid science.
  
• - Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of Hawaii.
  
• - Italian organization of minor planet observers. Histograms and scatter plots of asteroid orbital elements. Ephemeridies, opposition dates, conjunctions with Messier objects, shareware applications.
  
• - Lightcurve collaboration, physical studies, software, Palmer Divide Observatory.
  
• - Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery.
  
• - Theoretical studies of impacts of one asteroid into another, and tsunami effects of an asteroid impact on Earth.
  
• - Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.
  
• - Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.
  
• - Chart showing relative sizes, distance from the sun, inclination/eccentricity, shape, and color. Other charts showing position in the solar system. Summary data.
  
• - Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.
  
• - Association of European research groups active in asteroid research. Links to member sites and resources useful for asteroid research.
  
• - Tools to help observers select targets and plan observations. Also, orbital elements, reference star catalog data and software, link to Lowell Observatory Near Earth Object Search (LONEOS).
  
• - Offers updated alphabetical list of minor planet names.
  
• - Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions.
  
• - NASA JPL asteroid research using radar. Introduction, scientific activity, asteroid images.
  
• - Cartography of irregularly shaped asteroids and satellites. Maps, images, related papers.
  
• - Basic information about asteroids, history of asteroid discovery, Bode's Law.
  
• - Known or suspected asteroids with satellites.
  
• - Scientifically accurate scale models of asteroids.
  
• - Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and notable asteroids.
  
• - Light curves, database of asteroid spin vectors.
  
• - Photometry and shape modeling program, magnitude alert project, finder charts, visual observing of minor planets.
  
• - Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event.
  
• - Indexed, searchable database of asteroid data.
  
• - Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.
  
• - Graphs and animations showing major asteroid groups and families.
  
• - Section of the British Astronomical Association. Asteroid finder charts, articles on observing techniques.
  
• - List of suspected binary asteroids with bibliographic references.
  
• - Offer images and animation of the body.
  
• - Research in determining asteroid shapes through photometric data and multiple data sources. Reference documents, introduction, links.
  
• - Description, data on selected asteroids, images.
  
• - Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.
  
• - Categorization of asteroids by their orbits and physical properties.
  
• - By Jure Skvare. Downloads and web based services useful to asteroid observers. Fitsblink, asteroid server, fitsjd, fits2pg, fitsfrompg, asteroid identifier, residual calculator.
  
• - Offers general scientific overview with history and images by the National Air and Space Museum.
  
• - Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids.
  
• - A review of current knowledge of this dynamical group. Overview, low eccentricity Hildas, the Schubart family, numbered Hildas of the Palomar-Leiden survey.