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Comet Introduction |
| Introductory information about comets by "Views of the Solar System" including images of the most interesting of them. |
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Comets |
| Comets information by Royal Observatory Greenwich including details of the structure. |
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Comets |
| Some facts structure, orbits. Images. Links. |
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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Comets |
| Some facts about formation, history of studying. |
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What Are Comets? |
| Short description of the theory of comet formation. Comets habitation. Changing of appearance when a comet aproaches the sun. |
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Ancient Relics of the Solar System |
| What are Comets and Where do They Come From? What are Comets Made of? Comets and the Origins of the Solar System. Comet and the Origin of Life on Earth. |
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Comets |
| Some facts. Images. Animations. |
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Comet and NEO/Distant Minor Planet Designations Assigned in the Past Year |
| The 12-character designation to be used when reporting astrometric observations. |
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Periodic Comets |
| Links with information of periodic comets (orbital period less than 200 years). |
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SSE: Planets: Comets: Overview |
| Brief description of properties of comets and their composition. |
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Astronomical Headlines: Comets |
| Recent Comet Discoveries list by the International Astronomical Union. |
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British Astronomical Association Comet Section |
| Information about current comets and meteor showers. |
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Sky and Telescope's Comet Page |
| Sky and Telescope magazine's online comet section. |
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Sebastian's comet hunt |
| Homepage of Sebastian F. Hönig dedicated to cometary science and comet hunting. |
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Comet Home |
| Dr. David Jewitt studies comets properties at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii. His web site provides a detailed overview of the comets structure and origin. |
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Secrets of High-Power Comet Observing - Here's what to look for before going to the eyepiece |
| An article by Sky and Telescope. |
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VdS-Fachgruppe Kometen |
| Comets information and news by Maik Meyer. |
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Snowballs from the solar system's edge create one of grandest spectacles visible to the naked eye |
| An introductory article about comets by the Astronomy Magazine. |
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Comets |
| An introduction to comets at the Astronomy Notes website by Nick Strobel. |
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The Comet's Tale |
| An educational material - a series of sections on the origin, characteristics, and history of comets, with accompanying animations. Prepared by Science Education Gateway group of scientists at UC Berkeley.
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Comets images |
| Images of various comets made using the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes in Spain. |
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HubbleSite - News Releases about comets |
| Hubble Space Telescope news releases related to comets including images made by HST. |
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Comets of the Solar System |
| Articles about comets and their exploration by Space Today Online. |
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Comets |
| Brief description of comet research at Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics. The page includes some information about comet tail disconnection and links to corresponding video clips. |
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Comets |
| News stories about comets published by Universe Today. |
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"Small Comets and Our Origins: The Ecstasy and Agony of the Scientific Debate" |
| Louis A. Frank's 1999 Presidential Lecture available at the University of Iowa website. |
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Comet |
| An introduction to comets from the Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight by David Darling. |
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Comets |
| Comet images provided at the web site of "The Astronomer magazine". |
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Astronomy Lecture Notes - Comets |
| A brief introduction to comets with examples and images at the website of the University of Mississippi. |
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Comets: Photos by NAOJ PR Office |
| Images of comets from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan image gallery. |
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Comets |
| Comets physical parameters and orbital data from NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics website. |
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Comet Pictures - Spacewatch project |
| Spacewatch has observed and discovered many comets since our early observing programs first started in 1984. |
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Astrobiology Magazine :: Hot Topics - Meteors & Comets |
| Articles on meteors and comets research from the Astrobiology Magazine. |
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New comet class in Earth's backyard - Astronomy Magazine article |
| Three objects in the asteroid belt constitute a new class of comets, say astronomers. |
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Astrobiology Art: Meteors, Asteroids and Comets |
| Meteors, asteroids and comets image gallery by Astrobiology Magazine. |
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Comets description from the Astronomy Knowledge Base |
| Comet parameters, properties and examples. |
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SPACE.com: All About Comets |
| Comet stories, multimedia and news. |
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Mysteries of Comets and the Solar System revealed by the Deep Impact mission |
| An article by Seiji SUGITA at the website of Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. |
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Comets Through Time: Myths and Mystery |
| A multimedia presentation at the SPACE.com website. |
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Mariner Meteor Mystery, Solved? - Science@NASA article |
| In 1967, NASA's Mariner 4 spacecraft was hit by a surprising flurry of meteoroids--a shower more intense than any Leonid meteor storm. Where did the meteoroids come from? It's been a mystery for 40 years. |
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Glossary of (comet and) astronomical terms |
| Provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. |
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How I Found My New Comet - a Skytonight article |
| The prolific comet hunter recalls the story of his latest find. |
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The Cometwatch Program |
| Comet images provided by Tim Puckett's Puckett Observatory. |
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Comet |
| An article on asteroids (minor planets) by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. |
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Comets - Information and Observations |
| Recommendations for amateur comet observers. |
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