Asteroids

Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers: Minor Planets Section - Photometry and shape modeling program, magnitude alert project, finder charts, visual observing of minor planets.
www.alpo-astronomy.org/minor

AstDys, Asteroids - Dynamic Site - Indexed, searchable database of asteroid data.
hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo

Asteroid Articles - Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of Hawaii.
www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Archive/Archive-Asteroids.html

Asteroid Groups - Graphs and animations showing major asteroid groups and families.
sajri.astronomy.cz/asteroidgroups/groups.htm

Asteroid Models - Research in determining asteroid shapes through photometric data and multiple data sources. Reference documents, introduction, links.
www.rni.helsinki.fi/~mjk/asteroids.html

Asteroid Observing Services from Lowell Observatory - 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).
asteroid.lowell.edu/

Asteroid Radar Research - NASA JPL asteroid research using radar. Introduction, scientific activity, asteroid images.
echo.jpl.nasa.gov/

Asteroids - Chart showing relative sizes, distance from the sun, inclination/eccentricity, shape, and color. Other charts showing position in the solar system. Summary data.
alumnus.caltech.edu/~marcsulf/asteroid/asteroid.html

Asteroids - Common questions.
whyfiles.org/074asteroid/

Asteroids - From the Uppsala Planetary System Group. Overview, research projects, discoveries.
www.astro.uu.se/planet/asteroid

Asteroids with Canadian Connections - A list of asteroids whose names are known to have a Canadian connection, usually because they are named after a Canadian.
www.rasc.ca/faq/asteroids/home.htm

Asteroids with Satellites - Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.
www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoons.html

Bill Bottke's Asteroid Research - Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.
www.boulder.swri.edu/~bottke/

Dan Durda's Research Interests - Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.
www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/research.html

Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy: Asteroids - Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event.
scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/topics/Asteroids.html

European Asteroid Research Node - Association of European research groups active in asteroid research. Links to member sites and resources useful for asteroid research.
earn.dlr.de/

Exploring The Planets: Asteroids - Offers general scientific overview with history and images by the National Air and Space Museum.
www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/asteroids/index.htm

Introduction to Asteroids - Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions.
www.mira.org/fts0/planets/098/text/txt001z.htm

List of Double Minor Planets - Known or suspected asteroids with satellites.
hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/doublemp.html

Minor Planet Groups and Families - Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.
www.projectpluto.com/mp_group.htm

Minor Planet Observer - Lightcurve collaboration, physical studies, software, Palmer Divide Observatory.
www.minorplanetobserver.com/

Minor Planets - Offers updated alphabetical list of minor planet names.
cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html

News on Hilda Asteroids - A review of current knowledge of this dynamical group. Overview, low eccentricity Hildas, the Schubart family, numbered Hildas of the Palomar-Leiden survey.
www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~s24/hilda.htm

Nine Planets: Asteroids - Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids.
www.nineplanets.org/asteroids.html

Physical studies of asteroids at Poznan Observatory - Light curves, database of asteroid spin vectors.
www.astro.amu.edu.pl/Science/Asteroids/

Serra Designs - Asteroid Model Series - Scientifically accurate scale models of asteroids.
www.serradesignsinc.com/ast_models.htm

Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey II - Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.
smass.mit.edu/

Small World Atlas 2000 - Cartography of irregularly shaped asteroids and satellites. Maps, images, related papers.
www.ssc.uwo.ca/geography/spacemap/

Solar System Exploration: Asteroids - Basic description, overview of asteroid science.
solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Asteroids

Suspected and known binary asteroids - List of suspected binary asteroids with bibliographic references.
www.imcce.fr/observateur/binast/binary_ast.php

Views of the Solar System: Asteroid Introduction - Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery.
www.solarviews.com/eng/asteroid.htm

Wikipedia: Asteroid - Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and notable asteroids.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid

Windows to the Universe: Asteroids - Description, data on selected asteroids, images.
www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/our_solar_system/asteroids.html

Space.com: More Moons Around Earth? - Article describing the asteroid Cruithne, and orbital motions at gravitational balance points in space that temporarily pull asteroids into Earth orbits. <small>(October 29, 1999)</small>
www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/second_moon_991029.html