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Description, data on selected asteroids, images.
www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/our_solar_system/asteroids.html
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).
asteroid.lowell.edu/
Indexed, searchable database of asteroid data.
hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo
NASA JPL asteroid research using radar. Introduction, scientific activity, asteroid images.
echo.jpl.nasa.gov/
Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery.
www.solarviews.com/eng/asteroid.htm
Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.
www.projectpluto.com/mp_group.htm
Lightcurve collaboration, physical studies, software, Palmer Divide Observatory.
www.minorplanetobserver.com/
Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions.
www.mira.org/fts0/planets/098/text/txt001z.htm
Common questions.
whyfiles.org/074asteroid/
Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event.
scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/topics/Asteroids.html
A review of current knowledge of this dynamical group. Overview, low eccentricity Hildas, the Schubart family, numbered Hildas of the Palomar-Leiden survey.
www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~s24/hilda.htm
A list of asteroids whose names are known to have a Canadian connection, usually because they are named after a Canadian.
www.rasc.ca/faq/asteroids/home.htm
Cartography of irregularly shaped asteroids and satellites. Maps, images, related papers.
www.ssc.uwo.ca/geography/spacemap/
From the Uppsala Planetary System Group. Overview, research projects, discoveries.
www.astro.uu.se/planet/asteroid
Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.
www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/research.html
Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.
smass.mit.edu/
Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of Hawaii.
www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Archive/Archive-Asteroids.html
Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.
www.boulder.swri.edu/~bottke/
Known or suspected asteroids with satellites.
hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/doublemp.html
Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.
www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoons.html
Basic description, overview of asteroid science.
solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Asteroids
Graphs and animations showing major asteroid groups and families.
sajri.astronomy.cz/asteroidgroups/groups.htm
Scientifically accurate scale models of asteroids.
www.serradesignsinc.com/ast_models.htm
List of suspected binary asteroids with bibliographic references.
www.imcce.fr/observateur/binast/binary_ast.php
Light curves, database of asteroid spin vectors.
www.astro.amu.edu.pl/Science/Asteroids/
Association of European research groups active in asteroid research. Links to member sites and resources useful for asteroid research.
earn.dlr.de/
Offers general scientific overview with history and images by the National Air and Space Museum.
www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/asteroids/index.htm
Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and notable asteroids.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid
Offers updated alphabetical list of minor planet names.
cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html
Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids.
www.nineplanets.org/asteroids.html
Chart showing relative sizes, distance from the sun, inclination/eccentricity, shape, and color. Other charts showing position in the solar system. Summary data.
alumnus.caltech.edu/~marcsulf/asteroid/asteroid.html
Article describing the asteroid Cruithne, and orbital motions at gravitational balance points in space that temporarily pull asteroids into Earth orbits.
www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/second_moon_991029.html
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