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- Andrei Ol'khovatov's Web Site - News and events, especially about the 1908 Tunguska event.
www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/3240/news.htm
- Astronomy 161: Meteors and Meteor Showers - Descriptions and explanations of what causes meteors, as well as the history of its study.
csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/meteors/showers.html
- Great Lakes Great Fire Meteorite - New evidence links the simultaneous fires in Chicago, Peshtigo, and the entire Central portion of Michigan (from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron) to a meteor storm.
www.angelfire.com/mi2/gfmeteor
- Jupiter Scientific: Leonids Meteor Shower - What to expect, how to observe and history of the shower.
www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/leonid.html
- Jupiter Scientific: The Perseid Meteors - Information, observation and history. Updated yearly in July.
www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/perseid.html
- Meteor Observing Calendar - A concise listing of all meteor showers that can be seen throughout the year.
comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/calendar.html
- Meteor Shower Observing - Main showers dates.
members.aol.com/bemusabord/meteors.html
- Observing Meteor Showers - A month-by-month guide with basic tips.
www.geocities.com/~starwanderer/meteor.htm
- Sky and Telescope: Observing Meteors - News, articles.
SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors
- Sonic Booms - Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers are using a network of microphones to track meteors as they burst into Earth's atmosphere.
www.ees.lanl.gov/news_stories/revelle.98424.html
- The NASA Star Trails Society - News on meteors and astronomy, meteor showers, and allows amateurs to participate in research
www.startrails.com
- The Solar System in Action: Meteoroids and Meteors - What meteors really are and when to see them.
www.harmsy.freeuk.com/meteors.html
- Views of the Solar System: Meteoroids and Meteorites - General information, data, pictures. Also features educator's guides to micrometeorites, impact craters and space debris.
www.solarviews.com/eng/meteor.htm
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