Asteroids

1. Sky and Telescope's Asteroids Page  (site info) http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/aster... 2. Minor Planet Mailing List Random Archive and FAQ  (site info) These pages contain information about the Minor Planet Mailing list as well as a number of interesting and important ideas for the minor planet observer. http://www.bitnik.com/mp/ 3. IAU: Minor Planet Center  (site info) We are the official body that deals with astrometric observations and orbits of minor planets (asteroids) and comets. http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html 4. Minor Planet Center Orbit Database  (site info) Ftp access to the complete set of minor planet (asteroid) orbits generated and compiled by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. MPCORB contains orbits for every object for which it is possible to make a reasonable prediction of where the object is. MPCORB currently contains over 30000 orbits. ftp://cfa-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/MPCORB 5. The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database  (site info) astorb.dat is an ASCII file of high-precision osculating orbital elements, ephemeris uncertainties, and some additional data for all the numbered asteroids and the vast majority of unnumbered asteroids (multi-apparition and single-apparition) for which it is possible to make reasonably determinate computations. ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html 1-5 of 7. Next »