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	Asteroid Radar Research - http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/ NASA JPL asteroid research using radar. Introduction, scientific activity, asteroid images.
	Wikipedia: Asteroid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and notable asteroids.
	Asteroid Observing Services from Lowell Observatory - http://asteroid.lowell.edu/ Tools to help observers select targets and plan observations. Also, orbital elements, reference star catalog data and software, link to Lowell Observatory Near Earth Object Search (LONEOS).
	Minor Planets - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html Offers updated alphabetical list of minor planet names.
	Views of the Solar System: Asteroid Introduction - http://www.solarviews.com/eng/asteroid.htm Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery.

	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.
	Solar System Exploration: Asteroids - http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Asteroids Basic description, overview of asteroid science.
	Bill Bottke's Asteroid Research - http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~bottke/ Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.
	Asteroids with Satellites - http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoons.html Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.
	Minor Planet Observer - http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/ Lightcurve collaboration, physical studies, software, Palmer Divide Observatory.

	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.
	Dan Durda's Research Interests - http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/research.html Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.
	Asteroids - http://whyfiles.org/074asteroid/ Common questions.
	Nine Planets: Asteroids - http://www.nineplanets.org/asteroids.html Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids.
	Asteroids - http://www.astro.uu.se/planet/asteroid From the Uppsala Planetary System Group. Overview, research projects, discoveries.

	List of Double Minor Planets - http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/doublemp.html Known or suspected asteroids with satellites.
	Introduction to Asteroids - http://www.mira.org/fts0/planets/098/text/txt001z.htm Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions.
	AstDys, Asteroids - Dynamic Site - http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo Indexed, searchable database of asteroid data.
	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.
	Small World Atlas 2000 - http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/geography/spacemap/ Cartography of irregularly shaped asteroids and satellites. Maps, images, related papers.

	Asteroid Groups - http://sajri.astronomy.cz/asteroidgroups/groups.htm Graphs and animations showing major asteroid groups and families.
	Asteroid Articles - http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Archive/Archive-Asteroids.html Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of Hawaii.
	Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey II - http://smass.mit.edu/ Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.
	Minor Planet Groups and Families - http://www.projectpluto.com/mp_group.htm Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.
	Serra Designs - Asteroid Model Series - http://www.serradesignsinc.com/ast_models.htm Scientifically accurate scale models of asteroids.

	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.
	Windows to the Universe: Asteroids - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/our_solar_system/asteroids.html Description, data on selected asteroids, images.
	Suspected and known binary asteroids - http://www.imcce.fr/observateur/binast/binary_ast.php List of suspected binary asteroids with bibliographic references.
	Physical studies of asteroids at Poznan Observatory - http://www.astro.amu.edu.pl/Science/Asteroids/ Light curves, database of asteroid spin vectors.
	Space.com: More Moons Around Earth? - http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/second_moon_991029.html Article describing the asteroid Cruithne, and orbital motions at gravitational balance points in space that temporarily pull asteroids into Earth orbits.

	Asteroids - http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~marcsulf/asteroid/asteroid.html Chart showing relative sizes, distance from the sun, inclination/eccentricity, shape, and color. Other charts showing position in the solar system. Summary data.
	Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy: Asteroids - http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/topics/Asteroids.html Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event.

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