- Astronomy Picture of the Day: Comet Hale-Bopp
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/hale_bopp.html
(Added: Mon Oct 28 2002)
- Astronomy Picture of the Day: Comet Halley
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/halley.html
(Added: Mon Oct 28 2002)
- Astronomy Picture of the Day: Comet Hyakutake
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/hyakutake.html
(Added: Mon Oct 28 2002)
- Comet Fact Sheet
Contains orbit information for selected comets like Comet Halley, Hale-Bopp, and Hyakutake.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/cometfact.html
(Added: Sun Oct 06 2002)
- Comet Observation Home Page
This site contains recent news and observations, ephemerides for current visually observable comets.
http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/
(Added: Mon Oct 28 2002)
- Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 FAQ
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. This shattered comet collided with Jupiter over a 5.6 day period in July 1994.
http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/sl9.html
(Added: Sun Oct 06 2002)
- Comets - Hubble Space Telescope Images
Amazing pictures from the worlds most well know telescope. Images are organized by year and are provided directly from Hubble's home, the Space Telescope Science Institute.
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/SolarSystemT.html#Comets
(Added: Mon Oct 28 2002)
- Comets - The Nine Planets
The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/comets.html
(Added: Sun Oct 06 2002)
- Current Comets
This page contains frequently updated news and information about comets that are current visible in the night sky.
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/
(Added: Mon Oct 28 2002)
- Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and is a nonprofit organization. The MPC is responsible for the efficient collection, computation, checking and dissemination of astrometric observations and orbits for minor planets and comets, via the Minor Planet Circulars and the Minor Planet Electronic Circulars.
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/mpc.html
(Added: Sun Oct 06 2002)
- Missions to Comets
Learn about the Giotto spacecraft mission to Halley's comet.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Space/Exploration/Missions/Asteroids_and_Comets/
(Added: Mon Oct 28 2002)
- The Kuiper Belt and The Oort Cloud
The Kuiper Belt and The Oort Cloud are thought to be the two main reservoirs for comets. The Oort Cloud may account for a significant fraction of the mass of the solar system, perhaps as much or even more than Jupiter. The Kuiper Belt is a disk-shaped region past the orbit of Neptune roughly 30 to 100 AU from the Sun containing many small icy bodies.
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/kboc.html
(Added: Mon Oct 28 2002)
- The Nature of Comets
Comets are small bodies made out of dust and ices ("dirty snowballs"). The term "comet" derives from the Greek aster kometes, which means "long-haired star"---a reference to the tail.
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/comets/comets.html
(Added: Mon Oct 28 2002)
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