Comets, Meteors and Asteroids
Teacher Resource File

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Associations

The International Meteor Organization
The American Meteor Society

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General

Solar System - Comets
Asteroids, comets; current missions; from NASA
NOVA Online. Doomsay Asteroid
Information on asteroids, comets, Venus; from PBS
Comets & Meteor Showers
News & information; professional & amateur observations; historical
research. Compiled by Gary W. Kronk

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Comets

Asteroids and Comets
Fact sheet, images from NASA
Closest Approaches to the Earth by Comets
Comets discovered after 1700; from Harvard
Focus on Comets: Lexell
Comet Lexell may be the comet which approached closest
to Earth; Article "Understanding of cosmic motion, 1700";
from Tumbling Stone
see also: Comet Lexell. Part 2
D/1770L1 (Comet Lexell)
From Cometography.com
Near Live Comet Watching System
Watch uploaded images of comet Hale-Bopp; from NASA
Comet Hale-Bopp
From the European Southern Observatory
Challenger Learning Centers
Visit this page to determine a site near you. Scenarios include
"Rendezvous with a Comet; site has lesson plans
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Collision with Jupiter
From Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
The Queen's Observatory (CANADA)
See their pictures of Comet Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp
Comet Hyakutake
Information from NASA
NASA Comet Observation Home Page
Comets currently visible; Comets visible in the near future; recent news
and observations; ephemerides for current visually observable comets;
comets of the past; links

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Asteroids

Asteroids
Facts, types of asteroids, tables; from SEDS
Asteroids and Comets
Fact sheet, images; from NASA
Explore the Science of Asteroids
From explorezone.com
Small Bodies
Asteroid Ida and its moon Dactyl; comet fragments; Halley in 1910
PaleoBiology. Blast from the Past
Explore the dinosaur extinction theory from the Smithsonian

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Meteors

Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts
From SEDS
Observing Celestial Objects: Meteors
Meteor Primer, basics of meteor observation, Perseid
Meteors, Meteors that changed the world
North American Meteor Network
Provides coverage of meteor shower activity
Meteor Storms (Leonids)
What are meteor showers & storms; observation;
from Meteor Observing Mailing List (meteorobs)
Astronomy Picture of the Day. A Perseid Meteor
From Nasa

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Lesson Plans

The Best of the Solar System. Teaching Tips
Lesson plan from Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
The 2001 Leonid Meteor Shower. Lesson Plans and Activities
Grades 3 up; series of lesson plans on meteors;
from Thursdays's Classroom Corner (com)

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