Google Directory - Science > Astronomy > Solar System

Directory Help
Search only in Small BodiesSearch the Web

Small Bodies

Science > Astronomy > Solar System > Small Bodies

Go to Directory Home

Categories

Asteroids (37)
Comets (40)

Meteors (31)
Near Earth Objects (24)

Observatories (8)
Space Missions (33)

Web Pages

View in Google PageRank order Viewing in alphabetical order

Aerospaceguide.net: Near Earth Asteroid - http://www.aerospaceguide.net/nearearthasteroids.html
Descriptions of asteroids, comets, and near Earth objects.

Asteroid/Comet Connection - http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/news.htm
A digest of news related to asteroids, comets, and meteors. Monitors changes in impact risk calculations. Includes links to original sources of information.

Asteroids and Comets - http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/asteroidpage.html
Data from across NASA, compiled at the National Space Science Data Center.

Asteroids Comets Meteors (ACM) - http://www.astro.uu.se/planet/acm_eng.html
A meeting bringing together scientists studying small solar system bodies. Dates and links of past meetings.

Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites: Their Intimate Relation with Life on Earth - http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1996/6/96.06.03.x.html
A curriculum prepared by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.

Astrobiology Magazine: Meteors, Comets, and Asteroids - http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=8
Selected articles, usually with some connection to life on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system.

BBC NEWS: Astronomers Discover 'New Planet' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3511678.stm
A telescope has detected what could be the Solar System's 10th planet, Sedna.

Chiron Information and Documentation - http://www.vub.ac.be/STER/www.astro/chihp.htm
A minor body with dual status as both asteroid and comet.

Comet/Asteroid Orbit Determination and Ephemeris Software - http://home.earthlink.net/~jimbaer1/
A downloadable Java program for various orbit computations on asteroids and comets.

Committee on Small Body Nomenclature - http://www.ss.astro.umd.edu/IAU/csbn/
Group responsible for the naming of asteroids and comets. Description of the naming process, guidelines for submitting name proposals.

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/orbits/ - http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/orbits/
Interactive 3D orbit visualization for known asteroids and comets.

Keeping an Eye on Space Rocks - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/neo/
Overview of asteroids, comets, and meteors, with special attention to the impact hazard to Earth.

Meteorites and Asteroids - http://www.williams.edu/astronomy/jay/chapter20_etu6.html
Companion resource to an astronomy textbook, contains links and current news about meteorites and asteroids.

Minor Planet Center - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html
International clearing house for observations of asteroids and comets.

NASA Planetary Photojournal: Asteroid and Comets - http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/target/Other
Selected NASA images.

Nine Planets: Sedna - http://www.nineplanets.org/sedna.html
General information on the object officially known as 2003 VB12. This object is the most distant body known that orbits our Sun.

NOVA Online: Doomsday Asteroid - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spacewatch/
Transcript of the television broadcast, kitchen comet activity, general information on comets.

Planetary Data System: Small Bodies Node - http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/
Data concerning asteroids and comets, in a standard format for use primarily by astronomical observers and mission planners, as well as educators and students.

Small Bodies - http://www.snark.org/sb.htm
Link collection covering the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, asteroids, comets, meteors and meteorites, near Earth objects, and impacts.

Startdate Online: Leftovers - http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/leftovers.html
Fact sheets on asteroids and comets, index to radio broadcasts on related topics. From the McDonald Observatory.

The Nine Planets: Small Bodies in the Solar System - http://www.nineplanets.org/smallbodies.html
Overview of asteroids, comets, meteors. Images, data, links.

USGS Astrogeology: Other Objects - http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/SolarSystem/OtherObjects/
Official names of features on asteroids as approved by the International Astronomical Union. Data and images for selected asteroids and comets.

Welcome to the Planets: Small Bodies - http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/choices/smallbod1.htm
Asteroids Ida and Dactyl, Comets Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Halley, representative meteorites.

Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.

Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor