- International Meteor Organization (IMO)
Information about meteor observing techniques, analyses and recent results from world-wide data, a list of meteor showers, glossary, meteor-related projects, addresses, and more.
www.imo.net
- American Meteor Society (AMS)
Encourages and supports both observation and research in the area of meteor astronomy. American Meteor Society site provides information on upcoming meteor showers.
www.amsmeteors.org
- Barringer Meteor Crater
Also known as Meteor Crater, it is a gigantic depresion in the middle of the arid sandstone of the Arizona desert.
www.barringercrater.com
- Meteoritical Society
International organization devoted to the study of asteroids, comets, meteorites, tektites, and the origin and history of the solar system.
www.meteoriticalsociety.org
- North American Meteor Network (NAMN)
Contains newsletters, observations, and a meteor observing guide.
www.namnmeteors.org
- Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts
Bits of the solar system that have fallen to the Earth. Describes different meteorite types and provides links to other meteorite sites.
www.nineplanets.org/meteorites.html
- Meteorites and Their Properties
Information to help determine if suspected samples are really meteorites. Includes hunting for and reporting meteorites, and a glossary.
meteorites.lpl.arizona.edu
- Photo Gallery of Meteorwrongs, A
[read review]
Archive of rocks mistaken for meteors. From the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/meteorites/meteorwrongs/meteorwrongs.htm
- Meteorite Stamps and Coins
Features stamps from around the world commemorating meteorites or meteorite impacts. Also displays a collection of classical coins depicting meteorites
www.pibburns.com/catastro/metstamp.htm
- Frequently Asked Questions About Meteors and Meteor Showers
American Meteor Society addresses what meteors are, how to observe meteor showers, when they occur, and other questions.
www.amsmeteors.org/faqm.html
- Comets and Meteors Workshop (CMW)
Working with members all over Poland to collect and analyze observational data that deals with meteors. Also in Polish.
www.astrouw.edu.pl/~olech/pkim.html
- Meteors and Meteorites
Offers an introduction to meteoroids, small pieces of space debris (usually parts of comets or asteroids) that are on a collision course with the Earth.
csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/meteors/meteors.html
- Meteors and the Native Americans
A look at beliefs and stories of various tribes.
www.maa.mhn.de/Comet/metlegends.html
- Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../College_of_Arts_and_Sciences/Department_of_Geological_Sciences
- Meteors - Sky & Telescope
Series of articles addressing shooting stars, meteors, fireballs, bolides, meteor showers, and meteor storms. Includes information on upcoming storms and tips for observing them.
skytonight.com/observing/objects/meteors
- Association of Meteor Observers In and Around Tokyo Area (AMOTA)
Exchanges data on visual meteor observation.
plaza.across.or.jp/~suzukima/english/mton-e.html
- Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search
Initiative to enable autonomous discovery of Antarctic meteorites using robotic search and on-site automatic classification of rock samples.
www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/projects/meteorobot2000
- Meteorite Central
Collection of new articles, chat and bulletin board areas, postcards, book reviews, and more.
www7.pair.com/arthur/meteor
- Tagish Lake Meteorite
Overview, photographs, and more about the carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that came down over Tagish Lake in northern Canada in January 2000.
aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/~pbrown/tagish
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