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ABC News/AP, June 28, 2000 Near-Earth Asteroids Mapped - Astronomers are using data from a telescope on Kitt Peak southwest of Tucson to build a treasure map of asteroids that should help scientists better predict the risk of a catastrophic collision with Earth. Featuring Professor Richard P. Binzel and the Torino Scale he devised.

Space Careers provides an extensive collection of links to the major players in the space industry, and to useful job search resources on the web. It's the ultimate resource for employment in the space industry.

The Universe Today A great site... Space Exploration News from Around the Internet

ABC News / Science - July 27, 1999 Collision Course with Earth? Scientists Say There are Doomsday Asteroids Out There. And the Torino Scale.

MSNBC Story - July 27, 1999 Good news, bad news on asteroids.

Yahoo! Science News - July 27, 1999 Scientists Warn Of Risk From 'Doomsday' Asteroids.

CNN interactive - July 26, 1999 Asteroid target gets new name. (CNN) -- The target of NASA's Deep Space 1 mission now has a new name: 9969 Braille, after the inventor of the raised-bump language system that enables sightless people to read.

NASA Answers questions about the Torino Scale. What is it for? Why is the Torino Scale needed? How does the Torino Scale work? How does an object get its Torino Scale number? Can the Torino Scale value for an object change? How did the Torino Scale get its name?

NASA Near-Earth Object Program, featuring: The Newly Adopted Torino Impact Hazard Scale... Assessing Asteroid And Comet Impact Hazard Predictions In The 21st Century.

NASA Story about the new Torino Scale. (7/22/99)

* NASA Graphical Image showing zones of Torino Scale definitions.

NASA's NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID TRACKING - observations scheduled on a month-to-month basis.

MSNBC's story on the Torino Scale. (7/21/99)

MSNBC's story: "Asteroid points to unseen danger" (7/2/99)

MSNBC's story, "A call to monitor killer asteroids" (London, 3/3/99)

Scientific American An asteroid striking land would be catastrophic, but the damage might be far worse if it crashed into the sea.

University of Iowa About small comets!

Scott Hudson's Washington State University website - Earth-Crossing Asteroid Pages

The Barringer Meteorite Crater Includes history, adventure, a quiz and more!

Sandia National Laboratories CTH 3D Comet Impact Simulations

The Wabar Meteorite Impact Site, Ar-Rub' Al-Khali Desert, Saudi Arabia

Impact Site Meteorite Gallery, Meteorite Articles and Meteorites on the Web.

Impact! A fantastic impact image, created by Jim Hurley!

BIGROCK! Near-earth objects. Asteroid bullitens and other good info and images. Website theme quote: "Life really is a Rock and the Big Rock giveth and taketh away all life!!"

Australian Spaceguard Survey Impact hazard statistics, status of asteroid searches in Australia, tsunami from asteroid impacts.




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