Directory of Asteroids Resources

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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.

Subcategories

• Amateur Observing
• Occultations

Resources in This Category

• Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers: Minor Planets Section

  http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/minor
  Photometry and shape modeling program, magnitude alert project, finder charts, visual observing of minor planets.

• Asteroid Articles

  http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Archive/Archive-Asteroids.html
  Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of Hawaii.

• Asteroid Fact Sheet

  http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/asteroidfact.html
  Provides a table of information on selected asteroids.

• Asteroid Groups

  http://sajri.astronomy.cz/asteroidgroups/groups.htm
  Graphs and animations showing major asteroid groups and families.

• Asteroid Observing Services from Lowell Observatory

  http://asteroid.lowell.edu/
  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 Radar Research

  http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/
  NASA JPL asteroid research using radar. Introduction, scientific activity, asteroid images.

• Asteroids

  http://whyfiles.org/074asteroid/
  Common questions.

• Asteroids

  http://www.astro.uu.se/planet/asteroid
  From the Uppsala Planetary System Group. Overview, research projects, discoveries.

• Asteroids

  http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~marcsulf/asteroid/asteroid.html
  Chart showing relative sizes, distance from the sun, inclination/eccentricity, shape, and color. Other charts showing position in the solar system. Summary data.

• Asteroids with Satellites

  http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoons.html
  Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.

• Asteroids: Their History

  http://www.cosmicelk.net/asteroids.htm
  Information on the study of these objects orbiting the sun.

• Bill Bottke's Asteroid Research

  http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~bottke/
  Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.

• Dan Durda's Research Interests

  http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/research.html
  Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.

• Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy: Asteroids

  http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/topics/Asteroids.html
  Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event.

• European Asteroid Research Node

  http://earn.dlr.de/
  Association of European research groups active in asteroid research. Links to member sites and resources useful for asteroid research.

• Introduction to Asteroids

  http://www.mira.org/fts0/planets/098/text/txt001z.htm
  Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions.

• Minor Planet Groups and Families

  http://www.projectpluto.com/mp_group.htm
  Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.

• Minor Planet Observer

  http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/
  Lightcurve collaboration, physical studies, software, Palmer Divide Observatory.

• Minor Planets

  http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPNames.html
  Offers updated alphabetical list of minor planet names.

• News on Hilda Asteroids

  http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~s24/hilda.htm
  A review of current knowledge of this dynamical group. Overview, low eccentricity Hildas, the Schubart family, numbered Hildas of the Palomar-Leiden survey.

• Nine Planets: Asteroids

  http://www.nineplanets.org/asteroids.html
  Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids.

• Physical studies of asteroids at Poznan Observatory

  http://www.astro.amu.edu.pl/Science/Asteroids/
  Light curves, database of asteroid spin vectors.

• Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey II

  http://smass.mit.edu/
  Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.

• Solar System Exploration: Asteroids

  http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/asteroids
  Basic description, overview of asteroid science.

• Views of the Solar System: Asteroid Introduction

  http://www.solarviews.com/eng/asteroid.htm
  Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery.

• Wikipedia: Asteroid

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid
  Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and notable asteroids.

• Windows to the Universe: Asteroids

  http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/asteroids.html
  Description, data on selected asteroids, images.

Related Categories

• Home > Science > Astronomy > Solar System > Asteroid Belt
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