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Impacts Into Asteroids Impacts Into Asteroids: Theoretical studies of impacts of one asteroid into another, and tsunami effects of an asteroid impact on Earth. (Asteroids) http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~asphaug/ Serra Designs - Asteroid Model Series Serra Designs - Asteroid Model Series: Scientifically accurate scale models of asteroids. (Asteroids) http://www.serradesignsinc.com/ast_models.htm Exploring The Planets: Asteroids Exploring The Planets: Asteroids: Offers general scientific overview with history and images by the National Air and Space Museum. (Asteroids) http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/asteroids/index.htm Asteroid Groups Asteroid Groups: Graphs and animations showing major asteroid groups and families. (Asteroids) http://sajri.astronomy.cz/asteroidgroups/groups.htm Physical studies of asteroids at Poznan Observatory Physical studies of asteroids at Poznan Observatory: Light curves, database of asteroid spin vectors. (Asteroids) http://www.astro.amu.edu.pl/Science/Asteroids/ Bill Bottke's Asteroid Research Bill Bottke's Asteroid Research: Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters. (Asteroids) http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~bottke/ Asteroid Radar Research Asteroid Radar Research: NASA JPL asteroid research using radar. Introduction, scientific activity, asteroid images. (Asteroids) http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/ Asteroids with Canadian Connections 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. (Asteroids) http://www.rasc.ca/faq/asteroids/home.htm Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers: Minor Planets Section Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers: Minor Planets Section: Photometry and shape modeling program, magnitude alert project, finder charts, visual observing of minor planets. (Asteroids) http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/alpo/minplan.html Asteroid Articles Asteroid Articles: Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of Hawaii. (Asteroids) http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Archive/Archive-Asteroids.html News on Hilda Asteroids 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) http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~s24/hilda.htm Asteroids and Remote Planets Section Asteroids and Remote Planets Section: Section of the British Astronomical Association. Asteroid finder charts, articles on observing techniques. (Asteroids) http://yan.open.ac.uk/~ajh47/arps.htm Dan Durda's Research Interests Dan Durda's Research Interests: Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects. (Asteroids) http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/research.html Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey II Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey II: Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results. (Asteroids) http://smass.mit.edu/ Asteroids Asteroids: Chart showing relative sizes, distance from the sun, inclination/eccentricity, shape, and color. Other charts showing position in the solar system. Summary data. (Asteroids) http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~marcsulf/asteroid/asteroid.html Introduction to Asteroids Introduction to Asteroids: Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions. (Asteroids) http://www.mira.org/fts0/planets/098/text/txt001z.htm Minor Planet Groups and Families Minor Planet Groups and Families: Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids. (Asteroids) http://www.projectpluto.com/mp_group.htm Asteroid Observing Services from Lowell Observatory 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). (Asteroids) http://asteroid.lowell.edu/ List of Double Minor Planets List of Double Minor Planets: Known or suspected asteroids with satellites. (Asteroids) http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/doublemp.html Small World Atlas 2000 Small World Atlas 2000: Cartography of irregularly shaped asteroids and satellites. Maps, images, related papers. (Asteroids) http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/geography/spacemap/ Solar System Exploration: Asteroids Solar System Exploration: Asteroids: Basic description, overview of asteroid science. (Asteroids) http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Asteroids Views of the Solar System: Asteroid Introduction Views of the Solar System: Asteroid Introduction: Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery. (Asteroids) http://www.solarviews.com/eng/asteroid.htm Asteroid Models Asteroid Models: Research in determining asteroid shapes through photometric data and multiple data sources. Reference documents, introduction, links. (Asteroids) http://www.astro.helsinki.fi/~kaselain/asteroids.html AstDys, Asteroids - Dynamic Site AstDys, Asteroids - Dynamic Site: Indexed, searchable database of asteroid data. (Asteroids) http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo Minor Planet Observer Minor Planet Observer: Lightcurve collaboration, physical studies, software, Palmer Divide Observatory. (Asteroids) http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/ Asteroids with Satellites Asteroids with Satellites: Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links. (Asteroids) http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoons.html Wikipedia: Asteroid Wikipedia: Asteroid: Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and notable asteroids. (Asteroids) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid Orrery: Asteroids Orrery: Asteroids: Basic information about asteroids, history of asteroid discovery, Bode's Law. (Asteroids) http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/asteroids.html Nine Planets: Asteroids Nine Planets: Asteroids: Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids. (Asteroids) http://www.nineplanets.org/asteroids.html Windows to the Universe: Asteroids Windows to the Universe: Asteroids: Description, data on selected asteroids, images. (Asteroids) http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/our_solar_system/asteroids.html Suspected and known binary asteroids Suspected and known binary asteroids: List of suspected binary asteroids with bibliographic references. (Asteroids) http://www.imcce.fr/observateur/binast/binary_ast.php Asteroid Watch Asteroid Watch: Continuous news feed, reading list of books. (Asteroids) http://www.asteroidwatch.net/ European Asteroid Research Node European Asteroid Research Node: Association of European research groups active in asteroid research. Links to member sites and resources useful for asteroid research. (Asteroids) http://earn.dlr.de/ Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy: Asteroids Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy: Asteroids: Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event. (Asteroids) http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/topics/Asteroids.html UAI Minor Planets Section 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. (Asteroids) http://www.uai.it/sez_ast/english/ The Asteroid World The Asteroid World: Categorization of asteroids by their orbits and physical properties. (Asteroids) http://www.astrosurf.com/aude-old/map_files/ASTFAMILIES%2002-04-28.HTM Astronomy Related Rrograms 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. (Asteroids) http://www-rcp.ijs.si/~jure/software/index.html Minor Planets Minor Planets: Offers updated alphabetical list of minor planet names. (Asteroids) http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html Kleopatra Asteroid Kleopatra Asteroid: Offer images and animation of the body. (Asteroids) http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/pictures/kleopatra/