Asteroid Comet Impact Hazards - Florida International University

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Space Resources
This is on Space Resources, which is not directly our subject, but it looks like a
good page for general NEO stuff.
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT)
NEAT is an autonomous celestial observatory located at the USAF/Groundbased
Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) site on Haleakala,
Maui, Hawaii. NEAT is a cooperative effort of NASA, JPL, and the USAF.
Spaceguard UK
Spaceguard UK is a private organization that serves as the national focus in the
UK for studies of the impact hazard.
The Spaceguard Foundation
An association aimed at the protection of the Earth environment against the
bombardment of objects of the solar system (comets and asteroids).
The Minor Planet Center
"The MPC is responsible for the collection and dissemination of astrometric
observations and orbits for minor planets and comets."
The European Asteroid Research Node (EARN)
"EARN is an informal association of European research groups active in
asteroid research. The idea behind this service is to provide a means for easy
and fast communication, exchange of data and other information in both
observational and theoretical research on asteroids."
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Encounters Jupiter"
http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/materials_main.cfm (2 of 4)12/5/2005 4:29:48 PM
"..... includes data from the Hubble Space Telescope and other
observatories as well as other materials such as simulations and text."