| Directory > Science > Astronomy > Solar System > Asteroids, Comets and Meteors > Asteroids Solar System Exploration: Asteroids
Basic description, overview of asteroid science.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Asteroids
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The Asteroid World
Categorization of asteroids by their orbits and physical properties.
http://www.astrosurf.com/aude-old/map_files/ASTFAMILIES%2002-04-28.HTM
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Asteroids with Satellites
Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoons.html
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List of Double Minor Planets
Known or suspected asteroids with satellites.
http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/doublemp.html
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Bill Bottke's Asteroid Research
Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~bottke/
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Asteroid Articles
Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of
Hawaii.
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Archive/Archive-Asteroids.html
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Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey II
Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.
http://smass.mit.edu/
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Dan Durda's Research Interests
Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/research.html
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Asteroids
Link collection organized as a study guide.
http://aurora.phys.utk.edu/~daunt/study_guides/Asteroids.html
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Asteroids
From the Uppsala Planetary System Group. Overview, research projects, discoveries.
http://www.astro.uu.se/planet/asteroid
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Christophe Dumas
Planetary astronomer personal page. Images of Juno, Kleopatra rotation, 762 Pulcova with
satellite. Papers on Vesta, discovery of the satellite of 45 Eugenia.
http://eis.jpl.nasa.gov/~cjdumas/
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Asteroid Models
Research in determining asteroid shapes through photometric data and multiple data sources.
Reference documents, introduction, links.
http://www.astro.helsinki.fi/~kaselain/asteroids.html
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Small World Atlas 2000
Cartography of irregularly shaped asteroids and satellites. Maps, images, related papers.
http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/geography/spacemap/
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Asteroids and Remote Planets Section
Section of the British Astronomical Association. Asteroid finder charts, articles on observing
techniques.
http://yan.open.ac.uk/~ajh47/arps.htm
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Asteroids with Canadian Connections
A list of asteroids whose names are known to have a Canadian connection, usually because they are
named after a Canadian.
http://www.rasc.ca/faq/asteroids/home.htm
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Wikipedia: Asteroid
Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and
notable asteroids.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid
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News on Hilda Asteroids
A review of current knowledge of this dynamical group. Overview, low eccentricity Hildas, the
Schubart family, numbered Hildas of the Palomar-Leiden survey.
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~s24/hilda.htm
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Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy: Asteroids
Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event.
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/topics/Asteroids.html
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Asteroids
Common questions.
http://whyfiles.org/074asteroid/
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Asteroids
Chart showing relative sizes, distance from the sun, inclination/eccentricity, shape, and color.
Other charts showing position in the solar system. Summary data.
http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~sulfridg/asteroid/asteroid.html
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Introduction to Asteroids
Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions.
http://www.mira.org/fts0/planets/098/text/txt001z.htm
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Asteroid Watch
Continuous news feed, reading list of books.
http://www.asteroidwatch.net/
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Astronomy Related Rrograms
By Jure Skvare. Downloads and web based services useful to asteroid observers. Fitsblink,
asteroid server, fitsjd, fits2pg, fitsfrompg, asteroid identifier, residual calculator.
http://www-rcp.ijs.si/~jure/software/index.html
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Minor Planet Observer
Lightcurve collaboration, physical studies, software, Palmer Divide Observatory.
http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/
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Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers: Minor Planets Section
Photometry and shape modeling program, magnitude alert project, finder charts, visual observing of
minor planets.
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/alpo/minplan.html
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UAI Minor Planets Section
Italian organization of minor planet observers. Histograms and scatter plots of asteroid orbital
elements. Ephemeridies, opposition dates, conjunctions with Messier objects, shareware
applications.
http://www.uai.it/sez_ast/english/
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Exploring The Planets: Asteroids
History, location in the Solar System, near Earth asteroids, physical appearance, space missions.
From the National Air and Space Museum.
http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/etp/asteroids/etpasteroids.html
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Minor Planet Groups and Families
Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.
http://www.projectpluto.com/mp_group.htm
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NASA JPL Solar System Visualization: Asteroid Movie Clips
A collection of animations produced by NASA for various projects.
http://www-ssv.jpl.nasa.gov/SSV/ast_clips.html
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Design Cast Studios - Asteroid Model Series
Scientifically accurate scale models of asteroids.
http://www.dcstudios.com/ast_models.html
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Impacts Into Asteroids
Theoretical studies of impacts of one asteroid into another, and tsunami effects of an asteroid
impact on Earth.
http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~asphaug/
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Views of the Solar System: Asteroid Introduction
Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery.
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/asteroid.htm
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Asteroid Radar Research
NASA JPL asteroid research using radar. Introduction, scientific activity, asteroid images.
http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/
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European Asteroid Research Node
Association of European research groups active in asteroid research. Links to member sites and
resources useful for asteroid research.
http://www.astro.uu.se/planet/earn/
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AstDys, Asteroids - Dynamic Site
Indexed, searchable database of asteroid data.
http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo
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Asteroid Observing Services from Lowell Observatory
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).
http://asteroid.lowell.edu/
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Windows to the Universe: Asteroids
Description, data on selected asteroids, images.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/our_solar_system/asteroids.html
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Orrery: Asteroids
Basic information about asteroids, history of asteroid discovery, Bode's Law.
http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/asteroids.html
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Nine Planets: Asteroids
Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids, from SEDS, the Students for Exploration and
Development of Space.
http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/asteroids.html
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