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	Wikipedia: Comet - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet Encyclopedia entry covers physical characteristics, history. List of well-known comets.
	Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter - http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/ Extensive coverage of the event July 1994. Includes observations, reports, 1444 images, news releases and links.
	Windows to the Universe: Comets - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/comets.html General information and data, pictures, details on the most interesting ones.
	Comet Information and the International Comet Quarterly - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/icq.html From the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. News, observations, orbital data, comet names and designations, links.
	The ICQ Comet Information Website - http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/icq/icq.html Updated news letter on observation opportunities, designation of names and discoveries. Includes observation data and links.

	Comet comet comet - http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/comet.html Overview of comets, as described by a professional comet researcher.
	British Astronomical Association Comet Section - http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/ News, recent observations, observing information and advice.
	Lists and Plots: Comets - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/CometLists.html Offers updated orbital data, lists and orbit diagrams. Includes near Earth objects and minor planets.
	Comet Observations - http://www.theastronomer.org/comets.html Catalogue of images, ordered by comet.
	Glossary - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/ICQGlossary.html Glossary of comet (and astronomical) terms.

	Small Comets - http://smallcomets.physics.uiowa.edu/ The original discovery and latest news about a new class of interplanetary bodies.
	Canadian Comet Catchers - http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dave.chapman/CanCom.html A list of comets discovered by Canadian astronomers.
	Comet Section of Germany - http://www.fg-kometen.de/fgk_hpe.htm News, observations, analyses of current comets, images, archives, links.
	Nakano Note - http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk.htm Orbit computations for selected comets.
	Catalogue of Comet Discoveries - http://www.comethunter.de/ Downloadable catalog. Also news, reading list, articles, links.

	Exploring The Planets: Comets - http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/comets/ History, orbits, composition, ways comets are studied, relation to meteor showers. Comets Halley, Shoemaker-Levy 9. From the National Air and Space Museum.
	Views of the Solar System: Comets - http://www.solarviews.com/eng/comet.htm Basic features, data, discoveries, images and sections with specific information on selected comets.
	How Stuff Works: Comet - http://www.howstuffworks.com/comet.htm Informative illustrated explanation of what comets are, what they are made of, where they come from and how to observe them.
	Comet's Long Tail Tickles Ulysses - http://sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/350/title/A_Comets_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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