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Small Body Ephemerides
- HORIZONS JPL Solar System Dynamics ephemeris generator
- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database (Lowell Observatory)
Astronomical Information and Data Resources
- JPL Solar Systems Dynamics (SSD)
- IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
- IAU Minor Planet Center
- Crni Vrh Observatory Asteroid and Comet Observations
- Lowell Observatory Research Programs
Asteroids (Observing, Research,...)
- Gaia-Groundbased Observational Service for Asteroids (Gaia-GOSA)
- Lowell Observatory Asteroid Services
- Near-Earth Object Program at JPL offers an interactive orbit visualization tool as well as a link to an ephemeris generator.
- Asteroids Dynamic Site (AstDyS-2)
- Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site (NEODyS)
- Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS)
- Ondrejov NEO Photometric Program
- Asteroid Lightcurve Photometry Database
- Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre
- Asteroid Radar Research
- The European Near Earth Asteroids Research (EURONEAR)
Comets (Observing, Research,...)
- Comet Chasing
- Cometography Page
- Cometografia
- Seiichi Yoshida's Comet Observing
- The German comet group
- British Astronomical Association Comet Section
Man-made Satellites
Impact Hazards
Meteors, Meteorites
Imagery, Plots
- ESA's Planetary Science Archive
- International Planetary Data Alliance
- The Virtual Observatory Sky Body Tracker (SkyBoT) (allows users to seek and identify all the known solar system objects in a field of view)
- The STScI Digitized Sky Survey
- US Virtual Astronomical Observatory
VAO Education Site - NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive
- NSSDC Photo Gallery
- Regional Planetary Images Facility
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- SkyMorph
- USNO Astrometry
- The Palomar Digital Sky Survey (DPOSS) (unfunded at the moment)
- IAU MPC: Plot of the Inner Solar System
- IAU MPC: Plot of the Outer Solar System
- Hale-Bopp images from Mike A'Hearn
Small Body (General Information)
- The Nine Planets Solar System Tour
- Views of the Solar System
- SSD: Solar System Bodies
- International Astronomical Union (IAU)
- StarDate Online
- Royal Greenwich Observatory
- Sky and Telescope Homepage is a good source for information on recent and upcoming comets.
Small Body Missions
- NASA Missions (all)
- ESA's Solar and Planetary Missions
- JAXA's Planet Exploration Missions
- The Planetary Society: Missions beyond Mars
Blogs and mailing lists
- Comets &Neo news (blog for Remanzacco Observatory)
- Minor Planet Mailing List [mpml]
Journals and Papers
- The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
- arXiv Astrophysics: Earth and Planetary Astronomy, recent papers
- Meteoritics and Planetary Science
- CCD Photometry of Faint Comets
Related Books
- Lauretta D.S., May B., Bennett C.A., Coles K.S., Manzoni C., Wolner C.W.V., Bennu 3-D. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2023
- Stern S.A., Moore J.M., Grundy W.M., Young L.A., Binzel R.P., Pluto System After New Horizons. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2021
- Cruikshank D.P., Sheehan W., Discovering Pluto. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2019
- Stern S.A., Tholen D.J., Pluto and Charon. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2017
- Michel P., DeMeo F.E., Bottke W.F., Asteroids IV. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2015
- Bottke W.F., Cellino A., Paolicchi P., Binzel R.P., Asteroids III. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2002
- Binzel R.P., Gehrels T., Matthews M.S., Asteroids II. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1989.
- Gehrels T., Asteroids. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1979. (ebook)
- Meech K.J., Combi M.R., Bockelé-Morvan D., Raymond S.N., Zolensky M., Comets III. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2024
- Festou M.C., Keller H.U., Weaver H.A., Comets II. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2004
- Bailey, M.E., Clube, S.V.M., Napier, W.M., The Origin of Comets. Pergamon Press, New York, 1990.
- Brandt, J.C., Chapman, R.D., The Comet Book. Jones and Bartlett Publications, Inc., Boston, 1984.
- Wilkening L.L, Matthews M.S., Comets. The University of Arizona Press, 1982
- Barucci M.A., Boehnhardt H., Cruikshank D.P., Morbidelli A., Solar System Beyond Neptune. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2008
- Spohn, T., Breuer, D., Johnson, T., Encyclopedia of the Solar System, 2nd Ed.. Elsevier, April 2014.
- McFadden, L.A., Johnson, T., Weissman, P., Encyclopedia of the Solar System, 2nd Ed.. Academic Press, December 2006.
- Weissman, P., McFadden, L.A., Johnson, T., Encyclopedia of the Solar System, 1st Ed.. Academic Press, August 1998.
- Chaisson, E., McMillian, S., Astronomy. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995.
