Skip to Content


  Astronomy: Solar System: Small Bodies: Asteroids

Asteroids (Subscribe)

Links

1 2 > >|

Wikipedia: Asteroid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid

Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and notable asteroids.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

Small World Atlas 2000

http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/geography/spacemap/

Cartography of irregularly shaped asteroids and satellites. Maps, images, related papers.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey II

http://smass.mit.edu/

Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

Nine Planets: Asteroids

http://www.nineplanets.org/asteroids.html

Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

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.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

Minor Planets

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html

Offers updated alphabetical list of minor planet names.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

Minor Planet Observer

http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/

Lightcurve collaboration, physical studies, software, Palmer Divide Observatory.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

Minor Planet Groups and Families

http://www.projectpluto.com/mp_group.htm

Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

Exploring The Planets: Asteroids

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/asteroids/index.htm

Offers general scientific overview with history and images by the National Air and Space Museum.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

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.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

Dan Durda's Research Interests

http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/research.html

Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

Bill Bottke's Asteroid Research

http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~bottke/

Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

Asteroids: Their History

http://www.cosmicelk.net/asteroids.htm

Information on the study of these objects orbiting the sun.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

Asteroids with Satellites

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoons.html

Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

Asteroids with Canadian Connections

http://www.rasc.ca/faq/asteroids/home.htm

A list of asteroids whose names are known to have a Canadian connection, usually because they are named after a Canadian.

Review It Rate It Bookmark It

1 2 > >|