Asteroid Links:
IAU: Minor Planet
Center (MPC) the MPC is responsible for keeping accurate records of
all of the minor planets and Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) observed. The site
is a vast resource for amatuer asteroid watchers, especially for those
who think they may have found something new!
Oglethorpe Astronomical
Association this site allows you to request maps for any of the 4,656
minor planets by name or catalog number. These maps will show you exactly
where any asteroid is on any night!!!
Near-Earth
Asteroid Tracking Home Page also helps you track the most visible of
the minor planets.
NASA Asteroid Observation
Page allows you to obtain a list of all observable asteroids based
thier magnitude and your location for tonight.
NASA Asteroid
Database
Near-Earth Asteroid Mining:
SPACEDEV is a private corporation
that will be launching the first commerical probe between October 2000-
February 2001.
PERMANENT(Projects to Employ Resources
of the Moon and Asteroids Near Earth in the Near Term) is an online
resource compiled by physicist Mark Prado. This site contains detailed
information about space resource development and a full description of
a hypothetical mission. It also has links to other valuable references.
Other Astronomy Sites and Tools:
Electronic
Publications for Astronomers has lots of great resources all online!
They have Icarus and many other journals such as: The Astrophyscial Journal,
The Astronomical Journal, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.
The University of Washington's
Astronomy Department Homepage has lots of information. I especially
like their online
astronomy tools page.
Astronomy
and Astrophysics has all A&A journals from November of 1996 to
the present. It's updated very regularly!!!
US Naval
Observatory Astronomical Applications Department gives you the exact
time of moonrise & set, sunrise & set, civil twilight, astronomical
twilight, and nautical twilight for your exact city!
Ames Astronomy Resource
Page has great links to eclipse sites, occultion times, variable stars,
etc.