THE NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS

General:

• Comets from The Nine Planets by Bill Arnett [SEDS]
  Basic information about comets with images and links to comet-related sites.
• Comet Introduction from Views of the Solar System by Calvin J. Hamilton [LANL]
  Links to a general discussion of comets and discussions of specific comets; images of comets; a link to an animation of a comet's flight.
• Small Bodies from Welcome to the Planets [JPL]
  Images of comets (including Comet Halley) and of other small space objects, such as asteroids and meteorites.
• Comets of Our Solar System from Browse the Solar System [USGS]
  Images and statistics of Comet Halley; image of Comet Hyakutake; and information on Shoemaker-Levy 9 with links to other sites about this comet.
• Comets by Gary W. Kronk and Eric S. Young [Washington University]
  Wonderful links to information about comets in general and about specific comets. The graphics are well-done and well-integrated into the text.
• Comets [Royal Greenwich Observatory]
  Very basic information on comets (no links; no images).
• Comets: Cosmic Snowballs from The Solar System: A Place Called Home by Joe Howard [University of Oklahoma]
  Clear exposition of basic information about comets with a few paragraphs about Comet Halley.
• Comet Fact Sheet David Williams [NSSDC]
  Table of comets with general information as well as a brief outline of planned missions to selected comets; links to the NSSDC comet home page and other fact sheets.
• Distant Comet Research K.J. Meech [Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii]
  Discussion of basic theory of comet formation and comet locations, with notes on current research. Images of Comet Shoemaker from 1987.

• Comet Hale-Bopp
  • www.halebopp.com published by Russell Sipe [Sipe Electronic Publishing]
    Links to general information on comets and links to specific information and images of Comet Hale-Bopp. A companion electronic magazine is also available.
  • Comet Hale-Bopp [Uppsala Astronomical Observatory]
    Image of the comet with general information on it and its discovery. Links to other images and more information.
  • Comet Hale-Bopp Home Page The Great Comet of 1997? by Ron Baalke [JPL]
    A short introductory history of the comet's discovery with links to news items, images, animations, and other resources.
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day: Announcing Comet Hale-Bopp Photo by Erich Meyer and Herbert Raab [Austria]; Astronomy Picture of the Day by Robert Nemiroff [George Mason University] and Jerry Bonnell [Universities Space Research Association]
    Night sky image of the comet with a description of Comet Hale-Bopp, featuring many explanatory links to other sites.
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day: Comet Hale-Bopp Fades Photo by N. Thomas (MPI), H. Rauer (Observatoire de Paris) and H. Boehnhardt (Universität München), Danish 1.54m Telescope (La Silla), ESO ; Astronomy Picture of the Day by Robert Nemiroff [George Mason University] and Jerry Bonnell [Universities Space Research Association]
    Night sky image of the fading comet with commentary, featuring many explanatory links to other sites.
  • Comet Hale-Bopp by LT95 [Astronomical Society of Harrisburg]
    Table and map of the positions of the comet from 1 December, 1995 to 15 December, 1996.
• Comet Hyakutake
  • Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) images by John Walker
    Personal observation, table of facts and images of the comet.
  • Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake: The Great Comet of 1996 by Ron Baalke [JPL]
    A brief history of the discovery of the comet and links to news items and images, as well as to related resources.
• Comet Lagerkvist
  • Comet P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) by Johan Lagerros [Uppsala Astronomical Observatory]
    Basic information and a small image with links to more details about this comet, the first to have been discovered by a Swede.
• Comet Shoemaker-Levy
  • Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter by Ron Baalke [JPL]
    Headed by images simulating the impact, this page contains many links to news items and resources about this event.
• Comet Swift-Tuttle
  • The Comet Swift-Tuttle [Royal Greenwich Observatory]
    Very basic observational history and current thinking about this comet. (no links; no images).
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day: Periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle Photo by D. McDavid [Limber Observatory] and D.C. Boice [Swedish Royal Institute]; Astronomy Picture of the Day by Robert Nemiroff [George Mason University] and Jerry Bonnell [Universities Space Research Association]
    Color-enhanced image of the comet with a description of Comet Swift-Tuttle with many explanatory links to other sites.
  • Comet Swift-Tuttle NF/Observatory [Western New Mexico University]
    Black and white, night sky image of Comet Swift-Tuttle with a link to ``fits'' information.
  • Comet Swift-Tuttle Hobbs Observatory [University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire]
    Color-enhanced image of the comet.

• Comets from the NSSDC Photo Gallery
  Images of famous comets and links to other NSSDC resources, including a fact sheet and FAQ's.
• Comets and Asteroids Browse the Image Archive [JPL]
  Radar images of these small bodies with renderings of the comet-Jupiter impact.