21. Comets, Asteroids & Meteors Great Balls of Fire Kids Adventures in Space Meteorites from Antarctica meteors Meteorites NOVA Doomsday Asteroid Sciencenet comets meteors Stardust The http://www.kidskonnect.com/CometsMeteors/CometAsteroidMeteorHome.html

1908 Siberia Explosion A Blast From the Past Asteroid an Comet Impact Hazards Asteroid: Deadly Mission ... Space Shuttle All rights reserved by

22. Comets, Meteors & Myth: New Evidence For Toppled Civilizations And Biblical Tale Article on science.com suggests evidence that a giant comet impact and associated meteor storms could have wiped out early civilizations and caused a great flood. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/comet_bronzeage_011113-1.html

SEARCH: Spacewatch: Backyard Astronomy advertisement By Robert Roy Britt Senior Science Writer posted: 07:00 am ET 13 November 2001 "...and the seven judges of hell ... raised their torches, lighting the land with their livid flame. A stupor of despair went up to heaven when the god of the storm turned daylight into darkness, when he smashed the land like a cup." An account of the Deluge from the Epic of Gilgamesh, circa 2200 B.C. If you are fortunate enough to see the storm of shooting stars predicted for the Nov. 18 peak of the Leonid meteor shower, you'll be watching a similar but considerably less powerful version of events which some scientists say brought down the world's first civilizations. SCIENCE TUESDAY Visit SPACE.com to explore a new science feature each Tuesday. >>Go to Science Tuesday archive page Images A 1994 image of Comet Borrelly on one of its swings around the Sun. Norwegian astrophotographer Arne Danielsen captured this spectacular Leonid fireball on November 18, 1999. Related SPACE.com STORIES

23. SPACE.com -- Something Amazing Every Day comets, maybe / San Jose Mercury News. 07/16 New video shows flurryof meteors in 1997 Leonid shower / NASA (NOTE File is large.). http://explorezone.space.com/news/comets_meteors.htm

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24. Images Of Weather, Sky, Landscape, And Sea Photographic galleries of weather, earth, and sky. Weather gallery contains thunderstorms, lightning, and tornadoes. Sky gallery includes comets and meteors. Earth gallery includes mountains, canyons, and rivers. http://www.dblanchard.net/

Welcome to the Weather, Sky, Earth, and Sea Galleries. The Weather and Sky Gallery contains photographs of weather, clouds, tornadoes, hail, supercells, rainbows, rime, dust devils, floods, lightning, thunderstorms, meteors, and comets. The Earth and Sea Gallery contains photographs of Colorado mountains, Arizona canyons, Great Plains vistas, western deserts, and coastal scenes. About the images About the photographer

25. Howstuffworks "How Telescopes Work" comets and meteors A comet or a meteor streaking across the sky is an exciting sightfor anyone, and a telescope can make these objects even more fascinating http://science.howstuffworks.com/telescope14.htm

ComputerStuff AutoStuff ElectronicsStuff ScienceStuff ... PeopleStuff Categories Earth Science Engineering Life Science Physical Science ... Gas Turbine Engines Sponsored By: Explore Stuff Big List of Articles Get the Newsletter Shop or Compare Prices Orbitz - Plan a Trip! ... Physical Science How Telescopes Work by Craig C. Freudenrich, Ph.D. Comets and Meteors A comet or a meteor streaking across the sky is an exciting sight for anyone, and a telescope can make these objects even more fascinating to watch. Photo courtesy of NASA Comet Kohoutek Comets Comets are brief visitors from the outer solar system. They change brightness and develop tails as they pass close to the sun. The views of comets in telescopes vary dramatically with each comet. Comet Hale-Bopp was a spectacular image in my small telescope. I could see some of the nucleus, the coma and the dust tail. And comet Hyakutake had a similar view. However, not all comets brighten or develop enough to reveal good images in small telescopes. Many observers were disappointed in the showings of comets Kohoutek and Halley in the 1980s. Many amateur astronomers search for comets with binoculars or a small telescope and a great deal of patience. Meteors Meteors are debris (dust, rocks) that float about the solar system. These objects travel through the solar system at thousands of miles or kilometers per hour and, when they strike our atmosphere, they burn up because of

26. Dramatic Comet Hale-Bopp & Meteor Photos By Wally Pacholka Pictures of astronomical phenomena by Wally Pacholka. Contains gallery, order form and pointers on photographing meteors and comets. http://www.astropics.com/

Latest 2002 Meteor Shower Photos By Astro-Photographer Wally Pacholka of Long Beach, California Time Magazine Picture of year 1997 Time Annual Picture of year 1997 Time-Life Encyclopedia 1998 Encyclopedia Britannia Book of Year Image 1998 Encyclopedia Britannia Science Book Image 1999 National Geographic Image for Hale-Bopp 1998 As featured on NASA's Hale-Bopp Site, as published in over 100 newspapers worldwide, and as seen on CNN,ABC,CBS,and NBC NEWS! Exquisite 8x10 Photographs $20, 11x14 Photographs $45 16x20 Photographs $95 20x24 Photographs $195 All Photos taken under the dark skies of Joshua Tree National Park in California Click on the image to see a larger version Photo #1 TIME Magazine Picture of the Year 1997 TIME Annual Picture of Year 1998 Time-LIFE Encyclopedia 1998 "Comet Hale-Bopp as seen from Mars" Taken 4/04/97 at 8 PM with regular 50mm minolta lens at f1.7 on a tripod with a 30 second exposure using Fuji 800 film. Photo #2 National Geographic CD-Rom selection "Comet Hale-Bopp seen from Mars #2" Taken 4/04/97 at 8 PM with 50mm minolta lens at f1.7 on a tripod with a 30 second exposure using Fuji 800 film.

27. Ask The Space Scientist About : Solar System - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors Solar System comets, Asteroids, meteors. How are comets and meteorsdifferent? Is an asteroid going to hit the Earth in the year 2028? http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/ametcom.html

Solar System - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors Why are asteroids made from rocks instead of fluffy things since they were never inside anything to remelt them? Will Comet temple-Tuttle hit the Earth on November 11, 2097 and 2396? How is the Spaceguard Asteroid warning system working these days? Will and asteroid or a comet collide with the Earth in the next 50 years? ... I have heard that Comet Hale-Bopp is passing through Europe in MArch-April. Where should I go to see it?

28. Spacelink - Small Bodies Instructional materials from NASA on Asteroids, comets, and meteors. http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/Curriculum.Support/Space.

Library Contents: Other Features: Where am I? NASA Spacelink Home The Library Instructional Materials Curriculum Support ... Our Solar System Small Bodies Small Bodies Besides the Sun and its family of nine planets, the solar system consists of millions of rocky asteroids, billions of icy comets, and small pieces of dust and rock called Meteoroids. Learn more here. [Some of these links will take you out of NASA Spacelink. To return, use the Back button on your browser or bookmark this page for later reference.] 95-10-05 Comet Toutatis Observations 05-Oct-1995 (5K) 96-11-27 Intriguing Asteroid Toutatis 27-Nov-1996 (4K) Antarctic Meteorites 17-Jul-1991 (5K) Asteroid Gaspra from Galeleo gif 11-Sep-1992 (27K) Asteroid Gaspra from Galeleo txt 23-Aug-1994 (1K) Asteroid Ida with Moon and Gaspra gif 18-Jan-1996 (163K) Asteroid Ida with Moon and Gaspra txt 18-Jan-1996 (5K) Asteroid Toutatis Radar Image gif 27-Jan-1993 (110K) Asteroid Toutatis Radar Image txt 05-Dec-1995 (1K) Comets Asteroids and Meteoroids 17-Jul-1991 (21K) Gaspra-Ida Lithograph gif 16-Feb-1995 (174K) Related Materials on Spacelink: Instructional Materials: Asteroids - The images on this lithograph show the asteroids Eros, Gaspra, Vesta, Ida with its moon Dactyl and Mars' two moons-Phobos and Deimos.

29. NASA IMAGE Satellite,Ask The Space Scientist Archive How are comets and meteors different? comets can produce meteors, butmeteors cannot produce comets. comets are dusty 'iceburgs' in http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/a11554.html

How are comets and meteors different? Comets can produce meteors, but meteors cannot produce comets. Comets are dusty 'iceburgs' in space and can contain large rocks held together in a matrix of ices. Once a comet has been by the Sun enough times, it has steadily lost most of its icy material leaving behind a 'dead comet' which consists of rocky material and dust grains clustered near the original head of the comet in its orbit, but also strewn along the comets original orbit. These rocks and dust grains, can enter the Earth's atmosphere if the Earth's orbit happens to intersect the orbit of the comet, and cause meteor showers and fireballs. Not all meteors and fireballs we see, however, come from the larger cometary bodies. Many if not most comes from 'sporadic' sources in the asteroid belt. Meteors are the atmospheric phenomenon we see as bodies enter the atmosphere at high speed, some of these particles can be from comets, and some from other sources in interplanetary space. Return to the Ask the Space Scientist main page.

30. Julie's Astronomy Web Page Information on stars, galaxies, planets, the Sun, nebulae, Little Green Men, telescopes, comets, meteors, asteroids, constellations and mythological tales about the zodiac signs. http://www.geocities.com/Astronomy30/

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31. Apples & Oranges, Comets And Meteors Teacher Lesson Plans Do You Know Your comets from Your meteors? Objective The studentwill classify phrases as describing meteors, meteoroids, and comets. http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/09nov01/teacher4.html

Teacher Lesson Plans Do You Know Your Comets from Your Meteors? Objective The student will classify phrases as describing meteors, meteoroids, and comets. Background Meteors are streaks of light in the sky caused by bits of comet dust disintegrating in our atmosphere. Cometary dust particles are called meteoroids. The streak of light is called a meteor. Meteoroids are typically very small and light. They are smaller than grains of sand and weigh even less. Comets are balls of dirty mineral-laden ice that orbit the sun. They are about the size of asteroids. When comets pass close to the sun, they begin to evaporate and leave behind a trail of gas and dust. The dusty trail, also called a meteoroid stream, also orbits the sun. When the earth passes through a stream of meteoroids, we have a meteor shower. Materials The student will need a copy of the article (for younger kids or older kids ) and of the activity sheet (for younger kids or older kids ). There are also answer keys (for younger kids or older kids ) and a glossary Estimated Time This may take ten to twenty minutes.

32. A/CC's 'Major News About Minor Objects' A digest of news related to asteroids, comets, and meteors. Monitors changes in impact risk calculations, Includes links to original sources of information. http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/news.htm

News Topics Catchall Old Catalog Calendar ... Corrections A Central Library of Links to News Direct from News Freshened: 2003-04-04, 18:55 UTC (Fri., 4 April, 11:55am MST) These pages work best in W3C-compliant browsers such as Mozilla and Internet Explorer. Outside links will open in new browser windows. Most local links are shown bold in text. Outside links showing require cookies. ( NO links here require registration or Flash.) news links glossaries publisher report news Major News About Minor Objects News Archive March 2003 Feb. 2003 Jan. 2003 Dec. 2002 ... Earlier April 4 April 2003 General news: IAUC of 12 March was made public overnight, telling the discovery circumstances of comets P/2003 CP7 (LINEAR-NEAT) and C/2003 E1 (NEAT) With the Space Infrared Telescope Facility ( SIRTF ) launch planned for two weeks from now, there were news releases yesterday from Ball Aerospace (with pictures) and the University of Minnesota about their participation in the mission. For more about SIRTF, see A/CC's March and December news link collections.

33. Tim Printy's Home Page Astrophotography guide specializing in comets, meteors and deep space. http://members.aol.com/TPrinty/

TIM PRINTY'S ASTRONOMY WEB PAGE Andy Druga, noted astrophotographer, demonstrates how easy it is to "Catch" a comet. While I used to sponsor the Chiefland Astronomy Village, I have recently turned this over to Joe Mize. I have since moved away from Florida and am not as in touch with events as Joe. His site is excellent and has all the up to date information. If you are ever in the Chiefland area, you HAVE to go and see the site. You can visit Joe Mize's chiefland site here I am an avid astrophotographer and enjoy getting good color shots of great deep sky objects. I was able to capture this image using a 1 hour exposure on Kodak PJM film with a 10" LX50 SCT @F6.3. This is one of my favorite shots. Using a 0.42X converter to the front of a 28mm lens (stopped down to F4), I took a 30 minute exposure on Fuji 400G film. This was able to capture the major portion of the milky way. The picture was published in Astronomy Magazine. The red objects at the bottom are the tops of several campers illuminated by red flashlights. To the southeast one can see the lights of Orlando over 100 miles away. SOME OTHER PAGES ON MY SITE RELATED TO ASTRONOMY ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY GUIDE A quick and easy guide on how to get involved in the hobby of astrophotography COMET AND METEORS SECTION AURORA PICTURES SECTION!!!

34. Asteroid, Comets, And Meteors Asteroids, comets, and meteors. In addition to the Sun and the nine planets,there are millions of other objects sailing through the Solar System. http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/Asteroid__Comets__and_Mete.htm

35. Margate Public Library: Asteroids Directory grouped by Asteroids, Asteroid Belt, comets, Kuiper Belt, meteors. http://www.margatelibrary.org/asteroids.html

Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Asteroids Asteroid Belts Comets Kuiper Belt ... Meteors

36. UM Observatory: Comets & Meteors comets meteors; Magazines and News; Local Astro Places. comets meteors. DeepImpact a NASA Discovery mission led by UM astronomy professor Dr. Mike A'Hearn! http://www.astro.umd.edu/openhouse/resources/comets.html

Resources Open House Topics Images Exhibits ... Deep Impact - a NASA Discovery mission led by UM astronomy professor Dr. Mike A'Hearn! Gary W. Kronk's Comets and Meteor Showers - Good resource for times and locations of visible comets and meteors. Comet Observation Home Page Comets from 'Views of the Solar System' - A good start for learning about comets. North America Meteor Network International Meteor Organization American Meteor Society Last Updated: Wednesday February 26, 2003 by Elizabeth Warner

37. Space Rocks Overview of asteroids, comets, and meteors, with special attention to the impact hazard to Earth. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/templates/flash/neo/neo.htm

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38. Comets THE SIXTH SCENES. comets meteors Wanderers of Solar System. 69 imagesdisplayed, Last updated on Feb 5, 2003. We can hardly recognize http://www.ne.jp/asahi/stellar/scenes/english/comet.htm

THE SIXTH SCENES Wanderers of Solar System 70 images displayed, Last updated on Mar 11, 2003 W e can hardly recognize the changes of almost all the Celestial objects. However, the comet, appears suddenly and leaves in a short period of time, is one of rare astronomical events that we can never see the same one during our lifetime. I've collected images of several kinds of comets in this album, mainly Comet Hale-Bopp. To Preview page Comet NEAT (C/2002V1 NEAT) This is anew comet discovered by NEAT (Near-Earth Asteroids Tracking program) team, in NASA, on Nov 6, 2002. The comet has an orbit close to the sun about 0.1AU in Feb 2003, we could observe as a naked-eye comet from the end of Jan to Feb, 2003. Evening on Feb 1, 2003, 53KB Evening on Jan 25, 2003, 79KB Comet Kudo-Fujikawa (C/2002X5 Kudo-Fujikawa) On evening of Mar 9, 2003, 38KB Added on Mar 11, 2003 On early morning of Dec 29, 2002, 76KB Comet Ikeya-Zhang (C/2002C1 Ikeya-Zhang) It's a new comet discovered by two comet-seekers of Mr. Kaoru Ikeya in Shizuoka, Japan and Mr. Zhang in China on Feb 1, 2002. And Mr. Ikeya is well known as a discoverer of comet Ikeya-Seki, one of greatest comets in 20th century. Comet Ikeya-Zhang was observed as a naked-eye comet in March and April, 2002. And it's pointed out that the comet may be recurrence of 17th century's comet observed in 1661.

39. NearEarth.net | Comets, Meteors, & Asteroids Information on meteor showers, comets, specialized optics, and asteroids. http://meteors.com/joshua/index.shtml

The MPC is at a breaking point. Brian Marsden issued a wake-up call yesterday to all NEO astronomers and the international astronomical community (see Editorial Notice below). Over the years, Brian and his colleagues at the MPC have gone out of their way to improve the data flow and services. But there is now a real threat that the MPC will have to cut back its services if serious financial support is not soon forthcoming. more... Minor Planet Center Issues Editorial Left. Comet LINEAR WM1 imaged by Konrad Horn. Right, WM1 imaged by Giovanni Sostero. Comet LINEAR WM1 on its Merry Way NearEarth.net staff When NearEarth.net dubbed Comet C/2001 WM1 (LINEAR) "The Christmas Comet", it caused a mini-controversy. Scientists wrote to the online journal CCNet, worried that the nickname would build expectation artificially high. Our friends at Sky & Telescope went even further, saying we "should know better."

40. What's New Camera Casio QV2800UX. Feb 5, 2003 An image of Comet NEAT (2002V1)on Feb 1 was added in the album of comets meteors. Jan 27, 2003 http://www.ne.jp/asahi/stellar/scenes/english/update.htm

What's New History of Renewal To top page I've added and updated the materials below. (Individual renewal dates are written in accordance with Japan Standard Time, JST) Apr 1, 2003 2 images of Northern part of Barnard's Loop and Southern part of Barnard's Loop (both pics are monochrome) are added in the album of Deepsky in Winter. An image of The Angel Fish is replaced. Mar 24, 2003 Astropics with Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro Mar 12, 2003 A new section of Astropics with Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro is opened. Mar 11, 2003 An image of Comet Kudo-Fujikawa on evening of Mar 9, 2003 Feb 27, 2003 2 images of are added, and 2 images of Jupiter Nebula are replaced in the album of Deepsky in Spring. 4 images of Kemble's cascade are added in the album of Deepsjy in Autumn. 4 images of Gum Nebula are added, and 4 images of Barnard's Loop Eskimo Nebula are replaced in the album of Deepsky in Winter. Feb 23, 2003 2 images of Spring constellations over snowy field and are added in the album of Stellar Scenes. An image of Winter's Milky Way taken with whole-sky camera is added in the album of Milky Way.

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