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

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

BBC NEWS: Astronomers Discover 'New Planet'
A telescope has detected what could be the Solar System's 10th planet, Sedna. (March 15, 2004)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3511678.stm

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

Comet and Meteors Workshop
Organization that collects and analyzes meteor data. Articles, images, data, software, links.
http://mops.uci.agh.edu.pl/~skoczews/pkim/eng_index.shtml

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

Comets and Meteor Showers
Includes news, information, professional and amateur observations as well as historical research. Compiled by Gary W. Kronk.
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/

Dr. Odenwald's Ask the Astronomer page: Asteroids, Meteors and Comets
Extensive FAQ.
http://www.itss.raytheon.com/cafe/qadir/ametcom.html

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

Meteorica
Catalog of names associated with small body impacts. Meteors, meteorites, craters, impact structures, and tektites, both on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system.
http://www.meteorica.info/

Meteors
Information on meteors and their observation. Includes online purchasing of stone chondrite and iron meteorites.
http://www.meteors.com/

Minor Planet Mailing List
Forum for discussion of asteroids and comets.
http://www.bitnik.com/mp/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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