Multimedia Spacelife
- Moon & Mars ESA
Science & Technology: Solar system - lots of resources
including conference papers, recent events, current
ESA projects, etc.JPL Solar System
Dynamics How
It Works - Planetary Society - planetary exploration
tutorials, history, infor on the planets, etc.Exploring
the Trans-Neptunian Solar Systemn - NAP Reading Room
New
York Times - Exploring the Solar System Planetscapes
* Views
Of The Solar System Planetary Data
System (PDS) - data from all of NASA's planetary
missionsAstromaterials
Curation at NASA JSC Planet
Surveyor - - detailed surveys of the planets and
their moons. The
Size Of Our World - a cool set of graphics showing
the relative sizes of the planets, the Sun, and some
stars. All
(known) Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200
Miles in Diameter - KOKOGIAK - Mar.29.07
List
of Solar System objects by size - Wikipedia
Graphs
showing relative gravity well depths for solar system
planets & moons - Flickr Pluto and the planet question :
Pluto vs. 2003 UB313
Sedna
Hubble
Spots the Biggest World Since Pluto - Science@NASA
- Oct.7.02
Near-Earth
Object Survey and Deflection Analysis of Alternatives:
Report to Congress - NASA - Mar.2007 (pdf)
Near-Earth
Object Program - NASA JPL
NASA NEO Survey
Remanzacco
Observatory - Comets & Neo Tumbling
Stone - periodical of the Spaceguard FoundationThe
NEO Page at HarvardIAU:
Minor Planet Center Minor
Planet FAQs The
Amateur Sky Survey AsDys:
Asteroids Dynamic Site - "data on numbered
and multiopposition asteroids, including orbital elements,
their uncertainty, proper elements, and so on."Asteroid
Fact Sheet B612
Foundation Lowell Observatory
Cambridge
Conference Network Comets,
Culture & Currency Comet Shoemaker-Levy
(JPL) Near
Earth Objects - UK supported program to monitor
NEOs NASA
Meteoroid Environment Office (MEO)
Lunar Meteroid impacts:
Asteroid Missions:
Dawn Mission to Vesta & Ceres
NeoDys:
NEO Dynamic Site - "information and services
for all Near Earth Asteroids."NASA - JPL Near
Earth Object Program
NASA
Impacts History NASA Asteroid
Comet Impact Hazards NEAR: Near
Earth Asteroid Near
Earth Objects - Planetary Society Project NEAT - Near-Earth
Asteroid Tracking Pan-Starrs
- Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response
System - Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
Spaceguard
Small
Comets - Univ. of IowaThe
Spacewatch Project Giant
bombs on giant rockets: Project Icarus - The Space
Review - July.5.04 The
Watch at the Space
Frontier Foundation Asteroid Impact Craters on Earth
Metorite Strikes of Interest
Tunguska Explosion
Defense against large asteroid/comet strikes:
Legal Issues
Manned asteroid missions :
Prospector's
Skymap - Trent Waddington - visualization
tool for determining when the trajectory of one
of nearly 500 near earth asteroids will come in
range for a 6 month duration human mission: /--
Other link lists:
Articles :
The
gun pointed at the head of the universe - The
Space Review - June.15.09 Do
gravity holes harbour planetary assassins? - New
Scientist - Febr.18.09 Earth
under threat from dark comets - COSMOS magazine
- Feb.16.09 Close
Encounters of the Worst Kind: How Safe Are We
from Killer Asteroids? Largest near-Earth objects
are already well characterized, but smaller ones
could surprise - Scientific American - Feb.12.09 Two
More Co-Orbitals of Earth - Astroprof's Page -
Jan.26.09 Diamonds
Linked to Quick Cooling Eons Ago - NYTimes.com
- Jan.2.09 The
missing link between meteorites and asteroids
- Astronomy Now - Aug.29.08 The
Sky Is Falling: The odds that a potentially
devastating space rock will hit Earth this century
may be as high as one in 10. So why isn’t NASA
trying harder to prevent catastrophe? - The
Atlantic - June.2008
Great
beasts peppered from space - BBC - Dec.11.07 Drinking
the Sky from a Firehose - Occasional Randomness/Paul
Dietz - Feb.12.06 Asteroid
turns hot potato: when NEO risk communication
becomes uncommunicative - The Space Review - Mar.20.06
Sounding
an alarm, cautiously - The Space Review - May.31.05
Asteroid
impact risk scale revised - spacetoday.net - Apr.18.05 The
Tsunami and the Economics of Catastrophic Risk
- The Becker-Posner Blog - Jan.5.05 Revising
the Torino Scale by Tom Hill - The Space Review
- Jan.3.05
Asteroid
Eaters: Robots to Hunt Space Rocks, Protect Earth
- space.com - May.19.04
Asteroids and Oorts - TCS: Tech Central Station
- Mar.25.04
Spaceguard
Redux, Put to Test - Astrobiology Magazine - Mar.19.04 Avoiding
A "Crash Course"In Planetary Defense - Space.com
- Mar.10.04 Earth
almost put on impact alert - BBC - Fen.24.04 Planetary
Defense: Planning with Phantom Asteroids - Space.com
- Feb.24.04 Online
Spacewatch Volunteer Discovers Close-Approaching
Asteroid - SpaceWatch PR - Jan.21.04 The
Curious Tale of Asteroid Hermes - Science@NASA
- Oct.31.03 Mission
Possible: Asteroid Tugboat Backed for Trial Run
- Space.com - Oct.14.03 Meteorite
strikes Indian village - CNN.com - Sep.28.03
Small
Stony Asteroids Will Explode and Not Hit Earth,
Study Shows - Space.com - July.16.03 Evidence
for meteor in early mass extinction found - Spaceflight
Now - June.15.03 Massive
tsunami sweeps Atlantic Coast in asteroid impact
scenario for March 16, 2880 - UCSC PR - May.27.03
NASA
Needs New Vision for Human Spaceflight, Asteroid
Protection, Experts Say - Space.com - Apr.9.03
Digital
Movie Shows Awesome Speed of Asteroid Close Approach
- NOAO PR - Aug.21.02 'Ready
to tackle Armageddon' - BBC - Aug.9.02 Space
rock 'on collision course' - BBC - July.23.02
Preventing
Armageddon - TCS - July.22.02 Asteroid
Hunting: Bigger Telescopes Aren't Always Better
- Space.com - July.11.02 Scientists
gather this fall to study preventing an asteroid
strike on Earth - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June.17.02
UK
asteroid centre opens - BBC - Apr.18.02 New
study reveals twice as many asteroids as believed
- Spaceflight Now - Apr.7.02
Process
to deflect asteroids from Earth proposed -
Spaceflight Now - Apr.5.02
Radar
pushes limits of asteroid impact prediction -
Spaceflight Now - Apr.5.02 Australian
Official: Search for Deadly Asteroids 'Fruitless,
Unnecessary' - Space.com - Mar.19.02 Whew!
Stealth asteroid nearly blindsides Earth - CNN.com
- Mar.19.02 World's
Asteroid Hunters Make Political Plea to Save Earth
- Space.com - Feb.1.02 The
Sky is Falling? No Sweat - Wired - Jan.18.02
Moon
Base Would Scan The Sky, And Deflect Threats To
Earth - Space.com - Dec.12.01 Comets,
Meteors & Myth: New Evidence for Toppled Civilizations
and Biblical Tales - Space.com - Nov.13.01
Sky
survey lowers estimate of asteroid impact risk
- Spaceflight Now - Nov.10.01 Mystery
space blast 'solved' - BBC - Oct.30.01 Asteroid
Discoveries May Outpace Ability to Assess Threat
to Earth - Space.com - Oct.19.01 Low
sounds detect meteor blast - BBC - Sept.3.01
The
Comet/Asteroid Impact Hazard: A Systems Approach
by Clark Chapman, Daniel Durda, Robert Gold -
white paper on impact hazard * Article
at SpaceDaily on this paper - Feb.24.01 Asteroid
Busting: We Have the Technology - Space.com -
May.31.01 Listening
for secret nukes, hearing giant meteors - CNN.com
- May 23, 2001 What
medieval witnesses saw was not big lunar impact
- Spaceflight Now - April.19.01 Apocalypse
Then - Science@NASA - Feb.23.01 Scientists
now say mystery space object isn't so dangerous
- CNN.com - Nov.7.00 Asteroid
estimates 'too low' - BBC - Oct.24.00 Call
for asteroid defences - BBC - Sep.00 Microsatellite
Sentinels: Canada's Asteroid Protection Plan -
Space.com - Aug.24.00 'Treasure
map' of inner space shows orbits and sizes of
900 large asteroids, some of which could threaten
Earth-Cornell- June.22.00 University
of Arizona, Cornell and French Researchers Map
Near-Earth Asteroids: Some a Potential Hazard
to Earth - SpaceWatch - June.22.00 Sudden
Increase in Asteroid Impacts May Have Fueled Life-Space.com-Mar.10.00 Should
Military Micro-satellites Hunt Down Asteroids?
- Space.com-Feb.8.00 Eyes
wide shut by David Jewitt - Nature - Jan.13.00BBC
News | UK POLITICS | Government prepares for meteor
strike Nov.19.99 BBC
News | Sheffield 99 | Small but deadly comets
identified - Sep.17.99
NASA
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The Sky is Falling Book List at Amazon.co.uk
Rain of Iron and Ice : The Very Real Threat
of Comet and Asteroid Bombardment Amazon: US
UK
Impact! : The Threat of Comets and Asteroids - 1997Amazon: US
UK
Catastrophism : Asteroids, Comets and Other
Dynamic Events in Earth History Amazon: US
UK
Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets :
The Search for the Million Megaton Menace That Threatens Life on Earth Amazon: US
UK
