1. Asteroids And Comets Asteroids and Comets. An announcement was made on March 15 of the discovery of the furthest object so far seen in our solar system. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

2. Comet Fact Sheet Information on Selected Comets. The image shown is a view of the nucleus of Comet Halley taken by the Giotto spacecraft. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

3. Comets And Meteor Showers Gary W. Kronk's Comets and Meteor Showers Comets Meteor Showers Gary W. Kronk's Comets and Meteor Showers Comets Meteor Showers http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

4. Views Of The Solar System Comets Basic features, data, discoveries, images and sections with specific information on selected comets. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

5. Comet Observation Home Page Recent news and observations, ephemerides for current visually observable comets, finder charts and orbital diagrams, images, and information. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

6. Comets When they are near the Sun and active, comets have several distinct parts http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

7. Stardust JPL NASA Homepage for the space mission that will fly close to a comet and, for the first time ever, bring cometary material back to Earth for analysis by http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

8. Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission As the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid, the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission promises to answer fundamental questions about the http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

9. Contour 2002 10th Planet Discovered. Astronomers have found a new world bigger than Pluto in the outer reaches of the solar system. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

10. Comet Hale-Bopp, The Great Comet Of 1997 Images, news archive, articles. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

11. A/CC's Minor Object News A digest of news related to asteroids, comets, and meteors. Monitors changes in impact risk calculations. Includes links to original sources of information. http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/news.htm

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12. SmallBodies In The Solar System Overview of asteroids, comets, meteors. Images, data, links. http://www.nineplanets.org/smallbodies.html

Small Bodies The title The Nine Planets is somewhat misleading. In addition to the planets and their satellites the solar system contains a large number of smaller but interesting objects. There are thousands of known asteroids and comets and undoubtedly many more unknown ones. Most asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter . A few (e.g. 2060 Chiron) are farther out. There are also some asteroids whose orbits carry them closer to the Sun than the Earth (Aten, Icarus, Hephaistos). Most comets have highly elliptical orbits which spend most of their time in the outer reaches of the solar system with only brief passages close to the Sun. The distinction between comets and asteroids is somewhat controversial . The main distinction seems to be that comets have more volatiles and more elliptical orbits. But there are interesting ambiguous cases such as 2060 Chiron (aka 95 P/Chiron) and 3200 Phaethon and the Kuiper Belt objects which seem to share some aspects of both categories. Asteroids are sometimes also referred to as minor planets or planetoids (not to be confused with "lesser planets" which refers to Mercury and Pluto ). Very small rocks orbiting the

13. C&MS: The Leonids GARY W. KRONK S comets METEOR SHOWERS. The Leonids C MS Home Calendar Meteor Information Links Glossary http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/leonids.html

The Leonids Leonid Main Introduction Observing Predictions ... Leonid MAC '99 This represents the view from mid-northern latitudes at about 2:00 a.m. local time around November 19. Because of Earth's rotation, this view will roughly be the same for every mid-northern latitude location in the world. The red line across the bottom of the image represents the horizon. This does not necessarily indicate the time of maximum. For this information, click here . (Image produced by the Author using SkyChart III 3.5 and Adobe Photoshop 5.5.) Calendar Meteor Information Links Glossary ... Media Inquiries If you have any questions, please email me accesses to this page since April 6, 1999 This web site is sponsored by the American Meteor Society.

14. Dr. Odenwald's Ask The Astronomer Page Asteroids, Meteors And Comets Extensive FAQ. http://www.itss.raytheon.com/cafe/qadir/ametcom.html

15. Science Line - Night Patrol - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors & Meteorites What are comets, asteroids, meteors meteorites? comets. ShoemakerLevy Swift-Tuttle Halleys Comet Hale Bopp. Linear. Hyutake. meteors http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/astron/comet/cometindex.html

Comets Shoemaker-Levy Swift-Tuttle Halleys Comet Hale Bopp Linear Hyutake Meteors Quadrantids - January Lyrids - April Eta Aquarids - May Delta Aquarids - July ... Constellations Planets* Visible this Month *The Moon is a satellite and the Sun is a star, neither are planets. The star maps were produced using the Mac astronomy package MPj Astro v1.5.2 which was written by Darryl Robertson. It is a shareware package costing $25, and is available from Microprojects, 296 Spring Garden Av., North York, Toronto, Canada. Images attributed to NASA/JPL and the Hubble telescope

16. Wide Field Astrophotography JupiterVenus conjunction, planets, comets, meteors, deep-sky. http://www2.arnes.si/~mborion4/astronomy.htm

SLOVENSKO Northern constelations' reflections in the lake. Astronomy and backyard astrophotography by Javor Kac Leonid meteor storm in 2002 Leonid meteor storm in 2001 Leonids 2000 Meteors UPDATED Planets in 2001 (wide field photos) A nice trio in the morning (wide field photos) February 1999 Jupiter-Venus conjunction (wide field photos) Venus Transit Solar eclipse photographs Lunar eclipse photographs Aurora borealis from Slovenia NEW Total Solar Eclipse (August 11, 1999) Sun photographs Lunar and planetary photography Comet photography NEW Deep sky MBK Team homepage Astronomical Society Orion homepage Names of 88 constellations in different languages Mail me to: Javor Home Astronomy Photography ... Links

17. Science Line - Night Patrol - Science Line - Night Patrol - Comets, Asteroids, M What are comets, asteroids, meteors meteorites? comets emit gases and have icymaterial inside or on their surfaces. Their orbits are much more elongated http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/astron/comet/whatcomet.html

What are comets asteroids An asteroid is an irregular, rocky body smaller and much less massive than a planet. About 1 million are thought to exist in the asteroid belt but only about 200 have diameters greater than 100 km. Asteroids tend to have nearly circular orbits, so that the vast majority of them are found in the region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The names of asteroids are suggested by their discoverer, originally the names of goddesses were used, but now many different names are used such as names of relatives (usually female), names of cities, countries, rivers, famous people, and even observatories, telescopes or computers that assisted in the new discovery. Meteors and meteorites are essentially the same thing. Meteors are what we know as shooting stars, if one of these showers hits the ground it is renamed a meteorite. Most meteorites / meteors are stony and the two most abundant elements are silicon and oxygen, but most meteorites also contain a small amount of the metals iron and nickel. Meteor streams are simply the debris left behind in the inner Solar System by comets. As the comet heats up close to the Sun, ice and dust on its surface boil off into space, and not held by the comet's weak gravity so get left behind. A meteor shower results each time the Earth crosses through the region of the comet's orbit. Starmaps for the Month Constellations Planets* Visible this Month *The Moon is a satellite and the Sun is a star, neither are planets.

18. Page Not Found Images of galaxies, nebulae, clusters, meteors, and comets, and information about the equipment. http://www.mindspring.com/~sb635/

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19. Apples & Oranges, Comets And Meteors Do You Know Your comets from Your meteors? Objective meteors are streaks oflight in the sky caused by bits of comet dust disintegrating in our http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/31jul01/teacher4.html

Teacher Lesson Plans Do You Know Your Comets from Your Meteors? Objective The student will classify phrases as describing meteors, meteoroids, and comets. Background Meteors are streaks of light in the sky caused by bits of comet dust disintegrating in our atmosphere. Cometary dust particles are called meteoroids. The streak of light is called a meteor. Meteoroids are typically very small and light. They are smaller than grains of sand and weigh even less. Comets are balls of dirty mineral-laden ice that orbit the sun. They are about the size of asteroids. When comets pass close to the sun, they begin to evaporate and leave behind a trail of gas and dust. The dusty trail, also called a meteoroid stream, also orbits the sun. When the earth passes through a stream of meteoroids, we have a meteor shower. Materials The student will need a copy of the article (for younger kids or older kids ) and of the activity sheet (for younger kids or older kids ). There are also answer keys (for younger kids or older kids ). There is also a

20. Pracownia Komet I Meteorów - Comet And Meteor Workshop Coordinating observations of transient astronomical phenomena throughout Poland. http://sirius.astrouw.edu.pl/~olech/pkim/

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