Knowledge: meteors
See Also:
- science → astronomy → business → meteorites
- science → earth sciences → geology → rocks and minerals → meteorites
Links
- Great Lakes Great Fire Meteorite
http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/gfmeteor/ - 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.
- Observing Meteor Showers
http://www.geocities.com/~starwanderer/meteor.htm - A month-by-month guide with basic tips.
- Astronomy 161: Meteors and Meteor Showers
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/meteors/showers.html - Descriptions and explanations of what causes meteors, as well as the history of its study.
- Views of the Solar System: Meteoroids and Meteorites
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/meteor.htm - General information, data, pictures. Also features educator's guides to micrometeorites, impact craters and space debris.
- Jupiter Scientific: Leonids Meteor Shower
http://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/leonid.html - What to expect, how to observe and history of the shower.
- Jupiter Scientific: The Perseid Meteors
http://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/perseid.html - Information, observation and history. Updated yearly in July.
- MeteorObs
http://www.meteorobs.org/ - A forum for meteor observers of all levels. Mailing list, mailing list archives, FAQ, how to view meteor showers.
- Andrei Ol'khovatov's Home Page
http://www.geocities.com/olkhov/ - Research on the 1908 Tunguska event, electrophonic sounds, and meteor phenomena.
- 1908 Siberia Explosion: Reconstructing an Asteroid Impact from Eyewitness Accounts
http://www.psi.edu/projects/siberia/siberia.html - Descriptions of the Tunguska impact event. Researched, written, and illustrated by William K. Hartmann.
- Meteor Shower Observing
http://www.upstateastro.org/stars/meteors.html - Main showers dates.
- Sandia National Laboratories - Extraordinary meteor flash captured
http://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/LN09-10-99/meteor_story.html - 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.
- Cloudbait Observatory - Fireballs
http://www.cloudbait.com/science/fireballs.html - Fireball and meteor descriptions, reporting information, data on fireballs over Colorado.
- Wikipedia: Meteor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor - Encyclopedia article. Definitions, meteor showers, fireballs.
- Meteor Video Log Northern Ireland
http://www.meteorlogni.com/ - Provides daily observations of meteors including images.
- Understanding the Leonids
http://www.aero.org/capabilities/cords/leonids.html - Information on the Leonid meteor storms which are associated with the appearance of the comet Tempel-Tuttle.
- Sky and Telescope: Observing Meteors
http://skytonight.com/observing/objects/meteors/ - News, articles.
- NASA's Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign
http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/ - Offers news, images and reports by a team observing meteor storms such as the Leonids and Perseids.
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