Near Earth Objects Small Bodies Solar System Astronomy

Basic information about near Earth asteroids and the hazard they pose to Earth. Asteroid origins, potentially hazardous asteroids, Earth crossing asteroids, Torino impact scale.

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• Dynamics of Small Bodies - Offers essays by a university teacher on near small bodies Earth small bodies object with unusual orbits, such as 3753 small bodies Cruithne, 2002 small bodies AA29, hypothetical Earth trojans and quasi-satellites.
• IAU / Near Earth Objects - Summary of research on near Earth objects, activities of the International Astronomical Union\'s Working Group on Near Earth Objects (WGNEO).
• Tricky Science of Predicting Asteroid Collisions - Christian Science Monitor article examining asteroid collision science.
• Earth Satellites for Asteroid Hunters - Data and software useful for identifying artificial satellites small bodies which near earth objects might be mistaken for unknown near-Earth asteroids.
• FMO Project - A public program offered by the University of Arizona\\'s Spacewatch Project. Volunteers review images to help find NEOs that the computers miss.
• Understanding the Distribution of Near Earth Objects. - Technical paper describing sources and orbital evolution of near Earth near earth objects objects, and implications for NEO search efforts.
• AstroGuard - News and information about advance warning of asteroid or cometary solar system impacts.
• Ondrejov NEO Photometric Program - Activities at Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic, for photometry and astrometry of NEOs. Project news, binary near Earth asteroids, people involved, lists of light curve parameters.
• JPL Near-Earth Object Program - NASA NEO Program Office at JPL. Overview, solar system press releases, FAQ, 3D orbit viewer. solar system Research information and statistics, including risk calculations solar system for possible collisions with Earth.
• Asteroid 1937 UB Hermes - Efforts on 1937 UB "Hermes", a long-lost Apollo asteroid, rediscovered near earth objects in 2003, now numbered (69230) Hermes.
• Asteroids and Comets - Basic information about near Earth asteroids and the hazard they small bodies pose to Earth. Asteroid origins, potentially hazardous asteroids, Earth small bodies crossing asteroids, Torino impact scale.
• Arcetri Near Earth Object Precovery Program (ANEOPP) - A search for NEO images in existing photographic small bodies plate near earth objects archives. Archives used, procedures, personnel small bodies involved, sample near earth objects images.
• DLR-Archenhold Near Earth Objects Precovery Survey (DANEOPS) - A project to search photographic plate archives for near earth objects images of known NEOs. Procedures used, team near earth objects members, images and measurements of successful precoveries.
• Wikipedia: Near-Earth object - Encyclopedia article covers collision danger, spacecraft access, efforts near earth objects solar system to catalog NEOs, classifications, impact hazard scales.

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