Asteroids are smaller than planets, bigger than meteoroids, and they don't have the tail or fuzzy appearance that a comet does. "Minor planet" is a technical term for asteroid.
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Photometry and shape modeling program, magnitude alert project, finder charts, visual observing of minor planets.
Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of Hawaii.
Provides a table of information on selected asteroids.
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).
Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.
Information on the study of these objects orbiting the sun.
Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.
Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.
Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event.
Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions.
Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.
Offers updated alphabetical list of minor planet names.
Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids.
Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.
Basic description, overview of asteroid science.
Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery.
Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and notable asteroids.
Description, data on selected asteroids, images.
Basic description, overview of asteroid science.
Offers updated alphabetical list of minor planet names.
Description, data on selected asteroids, images.
Provides a table of information on selected asteroids.
Information on the study of these objects orbiting the sun.
Photometry and shape modeling program, magnitude alert project, finder charts, visual observing of minor planets.
Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids.
Encyclopedia article covers history, groups of asteroids, spectral types. Tables of largest and notable asteroids.
Collisions, tidal disruption, dynamics, planetary impacts, crater chains and doublet craters.
Listing and description of dynamical groups and physical families of asteroids.
Covers history, asteroid composition, Earth collisions.
Airborne observations, Vulcanoids, various asteroid collision effects.
Archive of articles posted at the Planetary Science Research Discoveries site at the University of Hawaii.
Background information, details on selected asteroids, image gallery.
Lists of known or suspected asteroids with satellites. Also history, graphs, links.
Data sets and references to scientific literature describing results.
Dynamical groups of asteroids, mathematical formulas, the Tunguska event.
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).
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