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Space Objects: Comets, Asteroids and Meteors (Earth and Space) by Steve Parker, 2007-09-30
COMETS AND METEORS (Isaac Asimovs Library of the Universe) by Isaac Asimov, 1991-10-01
The Orbs Around Us: A Series of Familiar Essays On the Moon and Planets, Meteors and Comets, the Sun and Coloured Pairs of Suns by Richard Anthony Proctor, 2010-03-08
Comets, Meteors, and Meteorites by Chester Reeds, 1933
This wonderful universe; a little book about suns and worlds, moons and meteors, comets, and nebulæ by Agnes Giberne, 2010-08-20
Comets, Meteors and Asteroids: How They Affect Earth by Stan Gibilisco, 1985-08
Comets and Meteors (The Solar System) by Lynda Sorensen, 1993-06
Comets and Meteors (Universe) by Raman Prinja, 2002-12-03
Archaeoastronomy in East Asia: Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan, and Korea
Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors (IAU S229) (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia)
Comets and Meteors (Space scientist) by Heather Couper, 1985-07-25

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Tim Printy's Home Page
Astrophotography guide specializing in comets, meteors and deep space.
http://members.aol.com/TPrinty/

Extractions: TIM PRINTY'S ASTRONOMY WEB PAGE Andy Druga, noted astrophotographer, demonstrates how easy it is to "Catch" a comet. While I used to sponsor the Chiefland Astronomy Village, I have since moved away from Florida and am not as in touch with events. If you are ever in the Chiefland area, you HAVE to go and see the site. You can visit the chiefland site here I am an avid astrophotographer and enjoy getting good color shots of great deep sky objects. I was able to capture this image using a 1 hour exposure on Kodak PJM film with a 10" LX50 SCT @F6.3. This is one of my favorite shots. Using a 0.42X converter to the front of a 28mm lens (stopped down to F4), I took a 30 minute exposure on Fuji 400G film. This was able to capture the major portion of the milky way. The picture was published in Astronomy Magazine. The red objects at the bottom are the tops of several campers illuminated by red flashlights. To the southeast one can see the lights of Orlando over 100 miles away. SOME OTHER PAGES ON MY SITE RELATED TO ASTRONOMY ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY GUIDE A quick and easy guide on how to get involved in the hobby of astrophotography COMET AND METEORS SECTION AURORA PICTURES SECTION!!!
Comets, Quasars, Meteors
comets, Quasars, meteors. The following questions were answered by astronomerDr. Cathy Imhoff of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/space/comequ.htm

Extractions: We think that comets are sort of "cosmic leftovers" from the formation of our solar system. There seems to be millions of them far, far out in our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Pluto. They are made up of ice, rock, and dust. They are much smaller than they look. The comet itself may only be a mile across but the tail can be millions of miles long (but it's just thin gas and dust). Why does a comet have a tail behind it? You may be surprised that meteors hit the earth all the time! The vast majority are very small and burn up when they hit the earth's atmosphere. A few make it through and hit the ground or fall into the ocean. I have one, about the size of a pebble, in my rock collection. It is very rare for a meteor big enough to do any damage to hit the earth. Have you ever heard of the Meteor Crater in Arizona? I have visited it. It's about a mile across and occurred about 25,000 years ago. Fortunately these days, astronomers are tracking all the larger objects and keeping track of them in orbit. Hopefully if one if them looks like it might hit the earth, we can do something about it. What is the difference between a meteor shower and a meteor storm?
Margate Public Library: Asteroids
Directory grouped by Asteroids, Asteroid Belt, comets, Kuiper Belt, meteors.
http://www.margatelibrary.org/asteroids.html
Comets & Meteors (David's Astronomy)
David s Astronomy Pages comets meteors. Observations comets, This pagesummarises observations and images of comets and meteors. For
http://www.richweb.f9.co.uk/astro/comets_meteors.htm

Extractions: More images of Hyakutake Hyakutake was discovered in early morning of 1996-Jan-31 by Yuji Hyakutake. It passed earth at 18 million miles distance on 1996-Mar-27. Speeding across the celestrial sky at up to 16 deg/day it passed through Bootes Mar-21 to 24, past Polaris Mar-25/26, between Camelopardalis and Cassiopeia Mar-27 to 30 and then into Perseus where it began to slow Mar-31 to Apr-16 and then into Aries Apr-17 to Apr-31.
Astronomy
Discusses details about the solar system. Gives information about planets, asteroids, comets, meteors, meteorites, galaxies, nebulae and satellites. Includes image gallery.
http://members.tripod.com/debnken/astronomy.html

Extractions: Welcome to my Astronomy page. A large portion of this page is dedicated to the solar system. Learn about the individual planets present, asteroids, comets, meteors, meteorites, galaxies, nebulae and satellites. Astronomy, science dealing with all the celestial bodies in the universe, including the planets and their satellites, comets and meteors, the stars and interstellar matter, the star systems known as galaxies, and clusters of galaxies. Modern astronomy is divided into several branches: astrometry, the observational study of the positions and motions of these bodies; celestial mechanics, the mathematical study of their motions as explained by the theory of gravitation; astrophysics, the study of their chemical composition and physical condition from spectrum analysis and the laws of physics; and cosmology, the study of the universe as a whole. Here are some images I put together from pics I got off the web, I use them as wall paper Click on the thumbs to enlarge Table of Contents Our Solar System Galaxies and there Elements Messier Objects Gallery ...
Asteroids, Comets And Meteors
from NASA/JPL. comets and Meteor Showers Page; Galileo spacecraftat Jupiter, images of asteroids Gaspra and Ida. Gazetteer of
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/links/ACMlinks.html

Extractions: See Also: Interplanetary Exploration Planetary Imagery and Information Astronomy Asteroids and Comets - NASA links to asteroid and comets fact sheets, FAQ, imagery, and spacecraft missions. Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards - NASA/AMES. Comet Hale-Bopp - NASA/JPL. Comet LINEAR - astronomers observe comet disintegration. Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter - NASA/JPL. Comet Observation Home Page - current comet information and imagery from NASA/JPL. Comets and Meteor Showers Page Galileo - spacecraft at Jupiter, images of asteroids Gaspra and Ida. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - (IAU) - naming of planets, satellites, minor planets (asteroids). Geminids Meteor Shower Hale-Bopp (and other comet) observations with Hubble Space Telescope and IUE . (STScI) Kleopatra Asteroid - images obtained by Arecibo Observatory. The International Comet Quarterly - published by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Leonids MAC '99 - Nov, 1999 Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign - NASA/AMES.
Space Rocks
Overview of asteroids, comets, and meteors, with special attention to the impact hazard to Earth.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/templates/flash/neo/neo.htm
Comets And Meteors Defined
Learn what comets and meteors are made of, how and why they appear and much more.comets and meteors defined. Many of the meteors we see are simply comet dust.
http://allsands.com/Science/cometsandmeteo_rms_gn.htm

Extractions: Comets and meteors defined Celestial bodies consisting of a central frozen mass, frozen gas and dust that loop around the sun in long, elliptical orbits are known as comets. When comets approach the sun they begin to glow as they warm up releasing gas and dust that form long tails behind them. These tails can stretch for millions of miles and are know to point away from the sun no matter what direction the comet is moving. The most famous of comets, which is seen in our atmosphere every 76 years, is Halley's Comet. But every year new comets appear in our sky even though most are not bright enough to be seen without a telescope or binoculars. It is believed that far beyond Pluto's orbit there is a cloud of ice chunks and dust which contains comets. Gravity from nearby stars are believed to cause the comets to fall toward the sun where Jupiters gravity moves it into a closed orbit. Scientist interest in comets arise from the material brought to us from the extreme depths of our solar system. bodyOffer(1250) The largest known meteorite to ever hit the earth landed at Grootfontein in Nambia, South Africa and weighed 60 metric tons. In the United States a huge iron meteorite that struck the Arizona desert about 20,000 years ago was destroyed by the impact but left a crater that measures .74 miles. On January 3, 1970 a 21.6 pound meteorite landed in Oklahoma and was recovered. A meteorite weighing 33 pounds was discovered in Nueva Lean, Mexico and more recently a small meteorite that fell in Connecticut was recovered by a young girl and sent to scientist at the University of California at Los Angeles.
The Telson Spur: Field Nodes -- Solar System (4): Small Bodies
Link collection covering the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, asteroids, comets, meteors and meteorites, near Earth objects, and impacts.
http://www.snark.org/sb.htm

Extractions: Contents Jump Search Gopher ... Index DESCRIPTION : The fourth of four pages on The Solar System (one of the Field Nodes comprising the subject tree of The Telson Spur ), this page is a list of links to on-line resources on small bodies (asteroids, comets, and meteors). The coordinate pages, with a common header and List of Contents , contain links to on-line resources on the study of the solar system in general (including solar physics and planetary science), on the planets, and on the study of the Earth as a planet (including Earth observation and lunar science). KEYWORDS : small body; Kuiper Belt; Oort Cloud; TNO; trans-Neptunian object; plutino; asteroid; comet; meteoroid; meteor; meteorite; meteoritics; near-earth objects; NEO; impact; astrobleme; crater
EDUCATION PLANET - 82 Web Sites For Comets And Meteors
comets and meteors Web Sites (1 10 of 83) 1. comets and meteors Workshop -comets and meteors Workshop (CMW) was founded by Janusz Kosiñski in 1987.
http://www.educationplanet.com/search/Science/Space/Comets_and_Meteors

Extractions: Grades: Higher Ed Cache Comets, Asteroids and Meteorites - On a clear dark evening, if you look up at the stars and are patient, you may be lucky enough to see a brief trail of light dart across the sky - a "shooting star". These objects are the cause of much confusion amongst the casual observer; are t Grades: Higher Ed Cache Comets and meteor showers - This World Wide Web (WWW) site, designed for students in grades 7 to 12, supplies photographs and information about comets and meteors. A basic understanding of comets is provided in the comet primer and lists are available on periodic comets, sungrazing Grades: Higher Ed Cache The Official Site of the Houston Comets - Thompson Remains Hot For Team USA E-mail photo Thompson has scored 51 points over her last two games. Bill Baptist/WNBAE/Getty Images Mar. 24 - One game after dropping in 21 points, Comets forward Tina Thompson scored 30 as the U.S. S
The Nine Planets
Overview of asteroids, comets, meteors. Images, data, links.
http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/smallbodies.html

Extractions: The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information. All of the planets can be seen with a small telescope; most can be seen with binoculars. And large telescopes continue to provide much useful information. But the possibility of getting up close with interplanetary spacecraft has revolutionized planetary science. Very little of this site would have been possible without the space program. Nevertheless, there's a lot that you can see with very modest equipment or even with just your own eyes. Past generations of people found beauty and a sense of wonder contemplating the night sky. Today's scientific knowledge further enhances and deepens that experience. And you can share in it by simply going out in the evening and looking up Contents Hardcopy The New Solar System
EDUCATION PLANET - 82 Web Sites For Comets And Meteors
comets and meteors Web Sites (31 40 of 83) 31. Jeff MacQuarrie sAstronomy Home Page - Astronomy CCD and astrophotography images
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NearEarth.net
Information on meteor showers, comets, specialized optics, and asteroids.
http://meteors.com/joshua/index.shtml
Asteroids, Comets And Meteors Observatories
Astronomy. Most comprehensive resource on Astronomy Solar System Asteroids cometsmeteors Observatories. Search Astronomy Solar System Asteroids comets meteors
http://astronomy.designerz.com/astronomy-solar-system-asteroids-comets-meteors-o
Meteor Observing Calendar
A concise listing of all meteor showers that can be seen throughout the year.
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/calendar.html
Near Misses Asteroids, Comets And Meteors
Astronomy. Most comprehensive resource on Astronomy Solar System NearEarth Objects Near Misses. Show Astronomy (Astronomy Solar System
http://astronomy.designerz.com/astronomy-solar-system-near-earth-objects-near-mi
LESSON PLANET - 30,000 Lessons And 54 Lesson Plans For Comets And Meteors
Found 54 comets and meteors related lesson plans. Log in or become a Lesson PlanetMember to access the lessons below. 54 comets and meteors Lesson Plans
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Extractions: Join Lesson Planet Today! For only $9.95 (a year) gain full access to Lesson Planet's directory of 30,000+ lesson plans as a Lesson Planet Silver Member! For only $24.95 (a year), become a Gold Member and gain full access to 30,000+ lessons AND our TeacherWebTools suite of online tools (featuring TeacherSiteMaker, Online Storage, NewsletterMaker, LessonMaker and more!) Learn More TeacherWebTools: Maps Planet ... Space Found Comets and Meteors ' Lesson Plans. Also for ' Comets and Meteors 82 Web Sites 1 Video * Log in or become a Lesson Planet Member to gain access to lesson plans. Lesson Plans (1 - 10 of 54): Constellation Prizes - In this lesson, students learn about meteors, meteorites, and comets by reading and discussing a related New York Times article about the Leonid meteor showers and the methods that scientists are using to learn from these meteors. Students then create and
UM Observatory: Comets & Meteors
comets meteors; Magazines and News; Local Astro Places. comets meteors. DeepImpact a NASA Discovery mission led by UM astronomy professor Dr. Mike A Hearn!
http://www.astro.umd.edu/openhouse/resources/comets.html
Apples & Oranges, Comets And Meteors
Teacher Lesson Plans Do You Know Your comets from Your meteors? Objective The studentwill classify phrases as describing meteors, meteoroids, and comets.
http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/31jul01/teacher4.html

Extractions: 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
Science, Astronomy, Solar System: Asteroids, Comets And Meteors
Asteroids, comets, and meteors are sometimes called small bodies ofthe Solar System. They are chunks of ice, rock, or metal that
http://www.combose.com/Science/Astronomy/Solar_System/Asteroids,_Comets_and_Mete

Extractions: Top Science Astronomy Solar System ... Aerospaceguide.net: Near Earth Asteroid - Descriptions of asteroids, comets, and near Earth objects. Asteroid/Comet Connection - A digest of news related to asteroids, comets, and meteors. Monitors changes in impact risk calculations. Includes links to original sources of information. Asteroids Comets Meteors (ACM) - A meeting bringing together scientists studying small solar system bodies. Dates and links of past meetings. Asteroids and Comets - Data from across NASA, compiled at the National Space Science Data Center. Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites: Their Intimate Relation with Life on Earth - A curriculum prepared by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. Chiron Information and Documentation - A minor body with dual status as both asteroid and comet. Comet and Meteors Workshop - Organization that collects and analyzes meteor data. Articles, images, data, software, links. Comet/Asteroid Orbit Determination and Ephemeris Software - A downloadable Java program for various orbit computations on asteroids and comets. Comets and Meteor Showers - Includes news, information, professional and amateur observations as well as historical research. Compiled by Gary W. Kronk.

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