LibGuides: Astronomy 201: Astronomical Objects

Books @SAU Library

Asteroids: relics of ancient time by Michael K. Shepard
Call Number: QB651 .S494 2015
ISBN: 9781107061446
Publication Date: 2015
The Asteroid Threat by William E. Burrows
Call Number: QB651 .B87 2014
ISBN: 9781616149130
Publication Date: 2014-06-10
Atlas of Great Comets by Ronald Stoyan; Storm Dunlop (Translator)
Call Number: QB721.4 .S76 2015
ISBN: 9781107093492
Publication Date: 2015
Black Holes Wormholes and Time Machines by Jim Al-Khalili
Call Number: QC173.59.S65 A4 2012
ISBN: 9781439885598
Publication Date: 2011-12-08
Gravity's Engines by Caleb Scharf
Call Number: QB843.B55 S33 2012
ISBN: 0374114129
Publication Date: 2012-08-07
How to Read the Solar System by Paul Abel; Brian May; Chris North (Foreword by)
Call Number: QB501.2 .N67 2015
ISBN: 9781605986715
Publication Date: 2015-01-15
Moon by Edgar Williams
ISBN: 9781780232812
Publication Date: 2014-09-15
Near-Earth Objects by Donald K. Yeomans
Call Number: QB651 .Y46 2013
ISBN: 9780691149295
Publication Date: 2012-11-11
The Observer's Guide to Planetary Motion by Dominic Ford
Call Number: QB601 .F67 2014
ISBN: 9781493906284
Publication Date: 2014-05-15
What Does a Black Hole Look Like? by Charles D. Bailyn
ISBN: 9780691148823
Publication Date: 2014-08-31

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Ask an Astronomer: Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids
Provides answers to questions regarding comets, meteors, and asteroids. Ask an Astronomer is run by volunteers in the Astronomy Department at Cornell University.
European Space Agency: Space Situational Awareness
The objective of the SSA programme is to support Europe's independent utilisation of, and access to, space through the provision of timely and accurate information and data regarding the space environment, and particularly regarding hazards to infrastructure in orbit and on the ground.

In general, these hazards stem from possible collisions between objects in orbit, harmful space weather and potential strikes by natural objects, such as asteroids, that cross Earth’s orbit.
Near Earth Object Program
Information regarding Near Earth Objects (NEO) is provided by NASA.
Nine Planets: Small Solar-System Bodies
This website is an overview of the history, mythology and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons and other objects in our solar system. Each page has text and NASA's images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.
Space Junk
Contains information, related links, videos regarding astronomical objects such as asteroids, meteorites, dust and plasma. Provided by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder.