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Comet comet comet - http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/comet.html
Overview of comets, as described by a professional comet researcher. |
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter - http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/
Extensive coverage of the event July 1994. Includes observations, reports, 1444 images, news releases and links. |
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Wikipedia: Comet - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
Encyclopedia entry covers physical characteristics, history. List of well-known comets. |
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Windows to the Universe: Comets - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/comets.html
General information and data, pictures, details on the most interesting ones. |
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The ICQ Comet Information Website - http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/icq/icq.html
Updated news letter on observation opportunities, designation of names and discoveries. Includes observation data and links. |
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Views of the Solar System: Comets - http://www.solarviews.com/eng/comet.htm
Basic features, data, discoveries, images and sections with specific information on selected comets. |
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Comet Information and the International Comet Quarterly - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/icq.html
From the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. News, observations, orbital data, comet names and designations, links. |
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Comet Observations - http://www.theastronomer.org/comets.html
Catalogue of images, ordered by comet. |
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British Astronomical Association Comet Section - http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/
News, recent observations, observing information and advice. |
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Lists and Plots: Comets - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/CometLists.html
Offers updated orbital data, lists and orbit diagrams. Includes near Earth objects and minor planets. |
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Small Comets - http://smallcomets.physics.uiowa.edu/
The original discovery and latest news about a new class of interplanetary bodies. |
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Glossary - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/ICQGlossary.html
Glossary of comet (and astronomical) terms. |
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Comet Section of Germany - http://www.fg-kometen.de/fgk_hpe.htm
News, observations, analyses of current comets, images, archives, links. |
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Nakano Note - http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk.htm
Orbit computations for selected comets. |
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Catalogue of Comet Discoveries - http://www.comethunter.de/
Downloadable catalog. Also news, reading list, articles, links. |
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Canadian Comet Catchers - http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dave.chapman/CanCom.html
A list of comets discovered by Canadian astronomers. |
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How Stuff Works: Comet - http://www.howstuffworks.com/comet.htm
Informative illustrated explanation of what comets are, what they are made of, where they come from and how to observe them. |
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Exploring The Planets: Comets - http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/comets/
History, orbits, composition, ways comets are studied, relation to meteor showers. Comets Halley, Shoemaker-Levy 9. From the National Air and Space Museum. |
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SOHO Sungrazers - http://ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer/
Images of sun grazing comets from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. Also, background, archives, and how to interpret images and report new discoveries. |