Links
Introduction
Listed here are websites referenced elsewhere on this site plus some others which may be of interest. Mostly the links will take you to the site’s homepage but other pages on those sites specifically related to the subject of asteroids are included.
Organisations for amateur and professional astronomers
British Astronomical Association : UK-wide, mainly amateur astronomers with emphasis on astronomical observation
– Asteroid and Remote Planets Section : BAA observing section founded in 1984
International Astronomical Union
Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
Italian organisation of minor planet observers
– Follow-up Astrometric Program
Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO)
– Minor Planets Section
– Minor Planet Bulletin
Minor Planet Mailing List (Yahoo group)
The Astronomical League
– Asteroid Clubgroups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mpml/info
– Asteroid Club Observing Guide
Space Agencies
Japanese Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (JAXA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
– Report to Congress. NEO Survey and Deflection – Analysis of alternatives
– Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
– Near Earth Object Program
– Asteroid Watch
Planetary Data Systems
– Small Bodies Node
Publications
Distant EKOs: The Kuiper Belt Electronic Newsletter
Software
John Saxton
– Lymm Photometry Software
Astrometrica : Popular and powerful plate solution software by Herbert Raab for Astrometry and Photometry
Comet/Asteroid Orbit Determination and Ephemeris Software (CODES)
Willman Bell
– Astronomical Image Processing (AIP4WIN)
– Megastar
Guide : Bill Gray’s Project Pluto
Omega lab – Advanced Telescope Control
Software
Scientific/Engineering
Astronomy
Hardware
Time and Frequency (The MSF Signal)
Meinberg (time keeping devices)
Search Programs and Observatories
Camarillo Observatory
Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System)
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)
Learn
Near Earth Objects
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Lowell Observatory Near Earth Object Search (LONEOS)
Siding Spring Survey
Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR)
JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT)
United Sates Naval Observatory (USNO)
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
UAO – DLR Asteroid Survey (UDAS)
Shed of Science
Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory
Planetary Radar at Arecibo Observatory
A comparative study of current and planned NEO surveys
Asteroids in general
Minor Planet Center (MPC)
Mirror site
NEO Confirmation Page
Minor Planet and Comet Ephemeris Service
On-line Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
MPC Guide to Minor Body Astrometry
Astrometry ‘how-to’
MPC Submission Information
Description of the System of Asteroids
Updated Ephemerides of Minor Planets
Minor planet satellite database
Liste des asteroids binaires
Orbits of binary asteroids with adaptive optics
Urey Prize Lecture: Binary Minor Planets
Catalogues
Carlsberg Meridian Catalogue 14
PanSTARRS 1 Archives
– Images (cutouts)
Geneva Observatory – Asteroid and Comet rotation curves
Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL)
Ondrejov Asteroid Photometry Project
The Astronomical Society of Las Cruces
– Minor Planet Lightcurve Data collected by Frederick Pilcher
Standard Asteroid Photometric Catalogue
Koronis Family Asteroids Rotation Lightcurve Observing Program
Photometry of Asteroids at The Belgrade Astronomical Observatory
Phase curves and absolute magnitude
Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO)
– Minor Planets Section
AUDE (Electronic Detectors Users Association)
– Magnitude Alert Project
Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site (NeoDys) – Italy
Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site (NeoDys) – Spain
European Asteroid Research Node
Spaceguard Foundation
– Spaceguard Central Node
– Spaceguard system
Priority List
The Planetary Society Near Earth Objects Page
Occultations
European Asteroid Occultation Network (EAON)
Steve Preston’s Occultation Updates
Euraster – European Asteroidal Occultations
Asteroidal Occultation Reports Database
International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA)
RASNZ Occultation Section
Drift-scan timing of asteroid occultations – John Broughton
French Astronomical Society – Occultations, Eclipses and Transits
Impacts
Lunar and Planetary Institute
– Terrestrial Impact Craters, Second Edition
University of Arizona
– Department of Planetary Sciences, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
– Earth Impact Effects Program
NASA Ames Research Center, Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards
Near Earth Object Impact Hazard
NASA JPL Near Earth Object Program
Professional and Amateur astronomers
Alan Cahill
John Sussenbach
Martin Mobberley
Andrew Lowe
Mike Kretlow
Mark Kidger
John Saxton
Robert Koff
David Higgins
John Fletcher
Professor Alan Fitzimmons
Professor David C. Jewitt
Mikko Kaasalainen
Bill Yeung
Peter Birtwhistle
Dr Phil Bland
Jim Scotti
Tim Hunter = This should be under Observatories
James McGaha
Duncan Miller
William Bottke
Alain Maury
– NEO discovery statistics 2002
– NEO discovery statistics 2003
– NEO discovery statistics 2004
– NEO discovery statistics 2005
– NEO discovery statistics 2006
– NEO discovery statistics 2007
Academic Institutions
Stephen F. Austin State University
– Dept of Physics and Astronomy
University of Ljubljana Astronomical Observatory
– Calculation of residuals of asteroid positions
Institute of Physics, Montevideo, Uruguay
Atlas of Mean Motion Resonances
California Institute of Technology
– Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
– Michael E Brown
University of Pisa, Celestial Mechanics Group
Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
– Planetary System Group
– Asteroids
Robotic Telescopes
Sierra Stars Observatory Network
San Pedro de Atacama Celestial Explorations
Other sites of interest
Realtime world calendar
Small Body Distance Triangulation Calculator
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