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....
This page was last updated on October 3rd, 2008
This page was last updated on October 3rd, 2008
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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.
Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy: Asteroids
Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event.
Asteroid Groups
Graphs and animations showing major asteroid groups and families.
Views of the Solar System: Asteroid Introduction
Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery.
Solar System Exploration: Asteroids
Basic description, overview of asteroid science.
Nine Planets: Asteroids
Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids.
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).
Kleopatra Asteroid
Offer images and animation of the body.
Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey II
Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.
Suspected and known binary asteroids
List of suspected binary asteroids with bibliographic references.
Asteroid Models
Research in determining asteroid shapes through photometric data and multiple data sources. Reference documents, introduction, links.
Serra Designs - Asteroid Model Series
Scientifically accurate scale models of asteroids.
Bill Bottke's Asteroid Research
Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.
Asteroid Watch
Continuous news feed, reading list of books.
Exploring The Planets: Asteroids
Offers general scientific overview with history and images by the National Air and Space Museum.
Introduction to Asteroids
Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions.
Windows to the Universe: Asteroids
Description, data on selected asteroids, images.
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.
Minor Planet Observer
Lightcurve collaboration, physical studies, software, Palmer Divide Observatory.
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.
Asteroids and Remote Planets Section
Section of the British Astronomical Association. Asteroid finder charts, articles on observing techniques.
Small World Atlas 2000
Cartography of irregularly shaped asteroids and satellites. Maps, images, related papers.
AstDys, Asteroids - Dynamic Site
Indexed, searchable database of asteroid data.
Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers: Minor Planets Section
Photometry and shape modeling program, magnitude alert project, finder charts, visual observing of minor planets.
Asteroid Articles
Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of Hawaii.
Dan Durda's Research Interests
Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.
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.
List of Double Minor Planets
Known or suspected asteroids with satellites.
Physical studies of asteroids at Poznan Observatory
Light curves, database of asteroid spin vectors.
Asteroid Radar Research
NASA JPL asteroid research using radar. Introduction, scientific activity, asteroid images.
Minor Planet Groups and Families
Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.
Asteroids
Link collection organized as a study guide.
Minor Planets
Offers updated alphabetical list of minor planet names.
The Asteroid World
Categorization of asteroids by their orbits and physical properties.
Asteroids with Satellites
Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.
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.
Wikipedia: Asteroid
Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and notable asteroids.
Impacts Into Asteroids
Theoretical studies of impacts of one asteroid into another, and tsunami effects of an asteroid impact on Earth.
Orrery: Asteroids
Basic information about asteroids, history of asteroid discovery, Bode's Law.
Association of European research groups active in asteroid research. Links to member sites and resources useful for asteroid research.
Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event.
Graphs and animations showing major asteroid groups and families.
Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery.
Basic description, overview of asteroid science.
Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids.
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).
Kleopatra AsteroidOffer images and animation of the body.
Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.
List of suspected binary asteroids with bibliographic references.
Research in determining asteroid shapes through photometric data and multiple data sources. Reference documents, introduction, links.
Scientifically accurate scale models of asteroids.
Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.
Continuous news feed, reading list of books.
Offers general scientific overview with history and images by the National Air and Space Museum.
Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions.
Description, data on selected asteroids, images.
By Jure Skvare. Downloads and web based services useful to asteroid observers. Fitsblink, asteroid server, fitsjd, fits2pg, fitsfrompg, asteroid identifier, residual calculator.
Lightcurve collaboration, physical studies, software, Palmer Divide Observatory.
A review of current knowledge of this dynamical group. Overview, low eccentricity Hildas, the Schubart family, numbered Hildas of the Palomar-Leiden survey.
Section of the British Astronomical Association. Asteroid finder charts, articles on observing techniques.
Cartography of irregularly shaped asteroids and satellites. Maps, images, related papers.
Indexed, searchable database of asteroid data.
Photometry and shape modeling program, magnitude alert project, finder charts, visual observing of minor planets.
Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of Hawaii.
Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.
Italian organization of minor planet observers. Histograms and scatter plots of asteroid orbital elements. Ephemeridies, opposition dates, conjunctions with Messier objects, shareware applications.
Known or suspected asteroids with satellites.
Light curves, database of asteroid spin vectors.
NASA JPL asteroid research using radar. Introduction, scientific activity, asteroid images.
Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.
Link collection organized as a study guide.
Offers updated alphabetical list of minor planet names.
Categorization of asteroids by their orbits and physical properties.
Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.
A list of asteroids whose names are known to have a Canadian connection, usually because they are named after a Canadian.
Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and notable asteroids.
Theoretical studies of impacts of one asteroid into another, and tsunami effects of an asteroid impact on Earth.
Basic information about asteroids, history of asteroid discovery, Bode's Law.
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