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This section looks at various sites dealing with education,
science and space related technology.
- ESA Solar
System Division - lots of resources including
conference papers, recent events, current ESA projects,
etc.
- JPL Solar System
Dynamics
- How
It Works - Planetary Society - planetary exploration
tutorials, history, infor on the planets, etc.
- Exploring
the Trans-Neptunian Solar Systemn - NAP Reading Room
- New
York Times - Exploring the Solar System
- Planetscapes
* Views
Of The Solar System
- Planetary Data
System (PDS) - data from all of NASA's planetary
missions
- Planetary
Photojournal: NASA's Image Access
- Planetary
Materials Curation at NASA JSC
- Planet
Surveyor - - detailed surveys of the planets and
their moons.
-
95
Worlds and Counting -- Discovery Channel -- Moons,
Space
- The
Size Of Our World - a cool set of graphics showing
the relative sizes of the planets, the Sun, and some
stars.
- Pluto vs. 2003 UB313
- Sedna
- Hubble
Spots the Biggest World Since Pluto - Science@NASA
- Oct.7.02
- Multimedia
- many sites listed that provide tours through the
solar system with images, videos, planet maps, etc.
- Spacelife
- Moon & Mars - resources for establishing
colonies on the Moon and Mars, searches for bacterial
life on Mars, etc.
- Near-Earth
Object Survey and Deflection Analysis of Alternatives:
Report to Congress - NASA - Mar.2007 (pdf)
- Near-Earth
Object Program - NASA JPL
- Tumbling
Stone - periodical of the Spaceguard Foundation
- Minor Planet
Mailing List
- The
Amateur Sky Survey
- AsDys:
Asteroids Dynamic Site - "data on numbered
and multiopposition asteroids, including orbital elements,
their uncertainty, proper elements, and so on."
- Asteroid
Fact Sheet
- Asteroids
- lots of asteroid info from Marc Sulfridge
- B612
Foundation
- Lowell Observatory
- Cambridge
Conference Network
- Comets,
Culture & Currency
- Comet Shoemaker-Levy
(JPL)
- IAU:
Minor Planet Center
- Near
Earth Objects - UK supported program to monitor
NEOs
- Dawn Mission to Vesta & Ceres
- The
NEO Page
- NeoDys:
NEO Dynamic Site - "information and services
for all Near Earth Asteroids."
- NASA - JPL Near
Earth Object Program
- NASA
Impacts History
- NASA Asteroid
Comet Impact Hazards
- NEAR: Near
Earth Asteroid
- Near
Earth Objects - Planetary Society Project
- NEAT - Near-Earth
Asteroid Tracking
- Pan-Starrs
- Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response
System - Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
- Spaceguard
- Small
Comets - Univ. of Iowa
- The
Spacewatch Project
- Tunguska
Explosion
- Giant
bombs on giant rockets: Project Icarus - The Space
Review - July.5.04
- The
Watch at the Space
Frontier Foundation
- Asteroid Impact Craters on Earth
- Metorite Strikes
- Defense against large asteroid/comet strikes:
- Other link lists:
- Articles:
- Great
beasts peppered from space - BBC - Dec.11.07
- Drinking
the Sky from a Firehose - Occasional Randomness/Paul
Dietz - Feb.12.06
- Asteroid
turns hot potato: when NEO risk communication
becomes uncommunicative - The Space Review - Mar.20.06
- Sounding
an alarm, cautiously - The Space Review - May.31.05
- Asteroid
impact risk scale revised - spacetoday.net - Apr.18.05
- The
Tsunami and the Economics of Catastrophic Risk
- The Becker-Posner Blog - Jan.5.05
- Revising
the Torino Scale by Tom Hill - The Space Review
- Jan.3.05
- Asteroid
Eaters: Robots to Hunt Space Rocks, Protect Earth
- space.com - May.19.04
- Math
Trek: Pinpointing Killer Asteroids - Science News
Online - Mar.27.04
-
Asteroids and Oorts - TCS: Tech Central Station
- Mar.25.04
- Spaceguard
Redux, Put to Test - Astrobiology Magazine - Mar.19.04
- Avoiding
A "Crash Course"In Planetary Defense - Space.com
- Mar.10.04
- House
approves asteroid awards act - Space Politics
- Mar.3.04
- Earth
almost put on impact alert - BBC - Fen.24.04
- Planetary
Defense: Planning with Phantom Asteroids - Space.com
- Feb.24.04
- Online
Spacewatch Volunteer Discovers Close-Approaching
Asteroid - SpaceWatch PR - Jan.21.04
- The
Curious Tale of Asteroid Hermes - Science@NASA
- Oct.31.03
- Mission
Possible: Asteroid Tugboat Backed for Trial Run
- Space.com - Oct.14.03
- Meteorite
strikes Indian village - CNN.com - Sep.28.03
- Incoming!
- Popular Science - Sept.03 issue
- Keeper
of the Objects -- With a shoestring budget, asteroid
and comet watcher Brian Marsden looks out for
Armageddon from the skies--and not without controversy
- Scientific American - Aug.03 issue
- Small
Stony Asteroids Will Explode and Not Hit Earth,
Study Shows - Space.com - July.16.03
- Evidence
for meteor in early mass extinction found - Spaceflight
Now - June.15.03
- Massive
tsunami sweeps Atlantic Coast in asteroid impact
scenario for March 16, 2880 - UCSC PR - May.27.03
- NASA
Needs New Vision for Human Spaceflight, Asteroid
Protection, Experts Say - Space.com - Apr.9.03
- Avoiding
the Impact - Scientific American - July.8.03
- Asteroid
Impacts: Satellite Study Establishes Frequency
of Megaton-sized Asteroid Impacts - Univ. of Western
Ontario - Nov.20.02
- Skywatchers
search for asteroids: Only handful of people stand
between Earth and disaster - Florida Today - Aug.31.02
- Digital
Movie Shows Awesome Speed of Asteroid Close Approach
- NOAO PR - Aug.21.02
- 'Ready
to tackle Armageddon' - BBC - Aug.9.02
- Space
rock 'on collision course' - BBC - July.23.02
- Preventing
Armageddon - TCS - July.22.02
- Asteroid
Hunting: Bigger Telescopes Aren't Always Better
- Space.com - July.11.02
- Scientists
gather this fall to study preventing an asteroid
strike on Earth - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June.17.02
- UK
asteroid centre opens - BBC - Apr.18.02
- New
study reveals twice as many asteroids as believed
- Spaceflight Now - Apr.7.02
-
- Process
to deflect asteroids from Earth proposed -
Spaceflight Now - Apr.5.02
- Radar
pushes limits of asteroid impact prediction -
Spaceflight Now - Apr.5.02
- Australian
Official: Search for Deadly Asteroids 'Fruitless,
Unnecessary' - Space.com - Mar.19.02
- Whew!
Stealth asteroid nearly blindsides Earth - CNN.com
- Mar.19.02
- World's
Asteroid Hunters Make Political Plea to Save Earth
- Space.com - Feb.1.02
- The
Sky is Falling? No Sweat - Wired - Jan.18.02
- Moon
Base Would Scan The Sky, And Deflect Threats To
Earth - Space.com - Dec.12.01
- Comets,
Meteors & Myth: New Evidence for Toppled Civilizations
and Biblical Tales - Space.com - Nov.13.01
- Sky
survey lowers estimate of asteroid impact risk
- Spaceflight Now - Nov.10.01
- Mystery
space blast 'solved' - BBC - Oct.30.01
- Asteroid
Discoveries May Outpace Ability to Assess Threat
to Earth - Space.com - Oct.19.01
- Low
sounds detect meteor blast - BBC - Sept.3.01
- The
Comet/Asteroid Impact Hazard: A Systems Approach
by Clark Chapman, Daniel Durda, Robert Gold -
white paper on impact hazard * Article
at SpaceDaily on this paper - Feb.24.01
- Asteroid
Busting: We Have the Technology - Space.com -
May.31.01
- Listening
for secret nukes, hearing giant meteors - CNN.com
- May 23, 2001
- Photos
of Two Minor Debris Impacts Leonardo MPLM Suffered
on its Inaugural Mission - Spaceref - April.24.01
- What
medieval witnesses saw was not big lunar impact
- Spaceflight Now - April.19.01
- Apocalypse
Then - Science@NASA - Feb.23.01
- Scientists
now say mystery space object isn't so dangerous
- CNN.com - Nov.7.00
- Possible
Earth impact in 2030 by asteroid 2000 SG344 -
Spaceref - Nov.2.00
- Asteroid
estimates 'too low' - BBC - Oct.24.00
- Call
for asteroid defences - BBC - Sep.00
- Microsatellite
Sentinels: Canada's Asteroid Protection Plan -
Space.com - Aug.24.00
- 'Treasure
map' of inner space shows orbits and sizes of
900 large asteroids, some of which could threaten
Earth-Cornell- June.22.00
- University
of Arizona, Cornell and French Researchers Map
Near-Earth Asteroids: Some a Potential Hazard
to Earth - SpaceWatch - June.22.00
- Comet
Discovery Raises Search Questions - SpaceViews
- May.19.00
- NEOs,
Planetary Defense and Government: A View from
the Pentagon -SpaceViews Article - Apr.4.00
- Sudden
Increase in Asteroid Impacts May Have Fueled Life-Space.com-Mar.10.00
- Should
Military Micro-satellites Hunt Down Asteroids?
- Space.com-Feb.8.00
- Eyes
wide shut by David Jewitt- Nature - Jan.13.00
- BBC
News | UK POLITICS | Government prepares for meteor
strike Nov.19.99
- SpaceViews
Article: Another Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
Discovered Oct.5.99
- BBC
News | Sheffield 99 | Small but deadly comets
identified - Sep.17.99
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