Small Bodies Meteors
Below are some useful links about Meteors on Small Bodies:
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- Science: Astronomy: Business: Meteorites (13)
- Science: Earth Sciences: Geology: Rocks and Minerals: Meteorites (21)
| Andrei Ol'khovatov's Home Page - Research on the 1908 Tunguska event, electrophonic sounds, and meteor phenomena. |
| Astronomy 161: Meteors and Meteor Showers - Descriptions and explanations of what causes meteors, as well as the history of its study. |
| Cloudbait Observatory - Fireballs - Fireball and meteor descriptions, reporting information, data on fireballs over Colorado. |
| Great Lakes Great Fire Meteorite - New evidence links the simultaneous fires in Chicago, Peshtigo, and the entire Central portion of Michigan (from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron) to a meteorite fall. |
| Jupiter Scientific: Leonids Meteor Shower - What to expect, how to observe and history of the shower. |
| Jupiter Scientific: The Perseid Meteors - Information, observation and history. Updated yearly in July. |
| Meteor Shower Observing - Main showers dates. |
| Meteor Video Log Northern Ireland - Provides daily observations of meteors including images. |
| MeteorObs - A forum for meteor observers of all levels. Mailing list, mailing list archives, FAQ, how to view meteor showers. |
| NASA's Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign - Offers news, images and reports by a team observing meteor storms such as the Leonids and Perseids. |
| Observing Meteor Showers - A month-by-month guide with basic tips. |
| 1908 Siberia Explosion: Reconstructing an Asteroid Impact from Eyewitness Accounts - Descriptions of the Tunguska impact event. Researched, written, and illustrated by William K. Hartmann. |
| Sky and Telescope: Observing Meteors - News, articles. |
| Understanding the Leonids - Information on the Leonid meteor storms which are associated with the appearance of the comet Tempel-Tuttle. |
| Views of the Solar System: Meteoroids and Meteorites - General information, data, pictures. Also features educator's guides to micrometeorites, impact craters and space debris. |
| Wikipedia: Meteor - Encyclopedia article. Definitions, meteor showers, fireballs. |
| Sandia National Laboratories - Extraordinary meteor flash captured - Images and description of a bright meteor event on August 15, 1999, recorded by an all-sky camera at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (September 10, 1999) |