Asteroids, Comets and Meteors

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See Also: Interplanetary Exploration (Missions & Spacecraft) || Planetary Imagery and Information || Astronomy

Asteroids and Comets - NASA links to asteroid and comets fact sheets, FAQ, imagery, and spacecraft missions.
Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter - NASA/JPL.
Comets and Meteor Showers Page
Dawn - Mission to asteroids Ceres and Vesta
Deep Impact Mission
Galileo - spacecraft at Jupiter, images of asteroids Gaspra and Ida.
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - (IAU) - naming of planets, satellites, minor planets (asteroids).
Geminids Meteor Shower
Hale-Bopp (and other comet) observations with Hubble Space Telescope and IUE. (STScI)
Hubble Views of Comets.
November Leonids, Will They Roar? - NASA/JPL.
The Minor Planet Center - (International Astronomical Union) - records new discoveries for all asteroids and comets.
Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) Program - NASA/JPL.
NEAR Shoemaker - mission to asteroid 433 Eros.
Solar System Exploration Asteroids page - NASA
Solar System Exploration Comets page - NASA
STARDUST - mission to collect cometary dust from Comet Wild-2 in 2003.

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