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- Asteroids and Comets - About the possible danger of undetected asteroids and comets on collision course with earth.
www.geocities.com/joerg52/ASTEROIDS_and_COMETS.html
- Christophe Dumas, Planetary Astronomy - Near-infrared spectroscopy, and high-angular resolution imaging of small planetary bodies and asteroidal satellites.
eis.jpl.nasa.gov/~cjdumas
- Chronicle of fireballs in earth's atmosphere - Archive of the Air Force news release and pictures of meteors, 1994 to present
phobos.astro.uwo.ca/~pbrown/usaf.html
- Comets and Meteor Showers - Includes news, information, professional and amateur observations as well as historical research. Compiled by Gary W. Kronk.
comets.amsmeteors.org
- IAU Astronomical Headlines - Reports of recent astronomical discoveries from International Astronomical Union Circulars. Lists new comets, minor planets, natural satellites, novae, and supernovae, with ephemerides.
cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Headlines.html
- Leonid Meteor Storm - Information on the Leonid meteor storms which are associated with the appearance of the comet Tempel-Tuttle.
www.aero.org/leonid
- NearEarth.net - Information on meteor showers, comets, specialized optics, and asteroids.
www.nearearth.net
- Reuben Johnson's K/T Expedition -- 2001 - Background info on the Chicxulub impact crater at the K/T (Cretaceous/Tertiary) boundary with photos of the 2001 NASA/Planetary Society expedition to Belize and Mexico to study and gather ejecta samples.
members.tripod.com/reubskt53715
- Small Bodies Data Archives - A large collection of physical and observational data, maintained for NASA by the University of Maryland.
pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/sbnhtml
- The Leonid Meteor Storm - An overview of the Leonid Meteor Storm providing information on past and future storms. This site will be updated in real time for the 1999 and 2000 Leonid events.
www.leonidstorm.com
- The Spacewatch Project - The primary goal of Spacewatch is the study of statistics of comets and asteroids in order to investigate the collisional evolution of the solar system.
xlr8.lpl.arizona.edu/spacewatch
- Tswaing Impact Crater - Educational page on the environmental and biotic effects of a meteorite impact crater in South Africa.
www.lpl.arizona.edu/sic/impact_cratering/Enviropages/Tswaing/Tswaingintropage.html
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