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Asteroids are smaller than planets, bigger than meteoroids, and they don't have the tail or fuzzy appearance that a comet does. "Minor planet" is a technical term for asteroid.
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Windows to the Universe: Asteroids
· Description, data on selected asteroids, images.
Asteroid Observing Services from Lowell Observatory
· cached · 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).
AstDys, Asteroids - Dynamic Site
· cached · Indexed, searchable database of asteroid data.
Asteroid Radar Research
· This web site is primarily a data-organization and communications tool that supports ongoing research by JPL scientists and our colleagues.
Views of the Solar System: Asteroid Introduction
· cached · Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery.
Minor Planet Groups and Families
· cached · Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.
Minor Planet Observer
· cached · Lightcurve collaboration, physical studies, software, Palmer Divide Observatory.
Introduction to Asteroids
· cached · Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions.
Asteroids
· cached · Common questions.
Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy: Asteroids
· Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event.
News on Hilda Asteroids
· cached · A review of current knowledge of this dynamical group. Overview, low eccentricity Hildas, the Schubart family, numbered Hildas of the Palomar-Leiden survey.
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.
Small World Atlas 2000
· cached · Cartography of irregularly shaped asteroids and satellites. Maps, images, related papers.
Asteroids
· cached · From the Uppsala Planetary System Group. Overview, research projects, discoveries.
Dan Durda's Research Interests
· cached · Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.
Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey II
· cached · Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.
Asteroid Articles
· cached · Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of Hawaii.
Bill Bottke's Asteroid Research
· cached · Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.
List of Double Minor Planets
· cached · Known or suspected asteroids with satellites.
Asteroids with Satellites
· cached · Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.
Solar System Exploration: Asteroids
· iweb · cached · Basic description, overview of asteroid science.
Asteroid Groups
· cached · Graphs and animations showing major asteroid groups and families.
Serra Designs - Asteroid Model Series
· cached · Scientifically accurate scale models of asteroids.
Suspected and known binary asteroids
· List of suspected binary asteroids with bibliographic references.
Physical studies of asteroids at Poznan Observatory
· Light curves, database of asteroid spin vectors.
European Asteroid Research Node
· cached · Association of European research groups active in asteroid research. Links to member sites and resources useful for asteroid research.
Exploring The Planets: Asteroids
· cached · Offers general scientific overview with history and images by the National Air and Space Museum.
Wikipedia: Asteroid
· Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and notable asteroids.
Minor Planets
· cached · Offers updated alphabetical list of minor planet names.
Nine Planets: Asteroids
· cached · Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids.
Asteroids
· cached · Chart showing relative sizes, distance from the sun, inclination/eccentricity, shape, and color. Other charts showing position in the solar system. Summary data.
Space.com: More Moons Around Earth?
· iweb · cached · Article describing the asteroid Cruithne, and orbital motions at gravitational balance points in space that temporarily pull asteroids into Earth orbits.
Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers: Minor Planets Section
· cached · Photometry and shape modeling program, magnitude alert project, finder charts, visual observing of minor planets.
Asteroid Models
· cached · Research in determining asteroid shapes through photometric data and multiple data sources. Reference documents, introduction, links.
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