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JPL Near-Earth Object Program -- NASA NEO Program Office at JPL. Overview, press releases, FAQ, 3D orbit viewer. Research information & statistics, including risk calculations for possible collisions with Earth. Visit

NEO Information Centre -- Virtual exhibition & on line activities on the nature of NEOs & the hazard they pose, what efforts are being made to detect NEOs & avert collisions. Visit

Understanding the Distribution of Near Earth Objects. -- Technical paper describing sources & orbital evolution of near Earth objects, and implications for NEO search efforts. Visit

Arcetri Near Earth Object Precovery Program (ANEOPP) -- A search for NEO images in existing photographic plate archives. Archives used, procedures, personnel involved, sample images. Visit

Ondrejov NEO Photometric Program -- Activities at Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic, for photometry & astrometry of NEOs. Project news, binary near Earth asteroids, people involved, lists of light curve parameters. Visit

Tricky Science of Predicting Asteroid Collisions -- Christian Science Monitor article examining asteroid collision science. (April 5, 2002) Visit

Earth Satellites for Asteroid Hunters -- Data & software useful for identifying artificial satellites which might be mistaken for unknown near-Earth asteroids. Visit

Wikipedia: Near-Earth object -- Encyclopedia article covers collision danger, spacecraft access, efforts to catalog NEOs, classifications, impact hazard scales. Visit

DLR-Archenhold Near Earth Objects Precovery Survey (DANEOPS) -- A project to search photographic plate archives for images of known NEOs. Procedures used, team members, images & measurements of successful precoveries. Visit

Dynamics of Small Bodies -- Offers essays by a university teacher on near Earth object with unusual orbits, such as 3753 Cruithne, 2002 AA29, hypothetical Earth trojans & quasi-satellites. Visit

IAU / Near Earth Objects -- Summary of research on near Earth objects, activities of the International Astronomical Union's Working Group on Near Earth Objects (WGNEO). Visit

FMO Project -- A public program offered by the University of Arizona's Spacewatch Project. Volunteers review images to help find NEOs that the computers miss. Visit

Asteroid 1937 UB Hermes -- Efforts on 1937 UB 'Hermes', a long-lost Apollo asteroid, rediscovered in 2003, now numbered (69230) Hermes. Visit

Toutatis -- Ephmeris & data on 4179 Toutatis, including close approaches & animations. Visit

AstroGuard -- News & information about advance warning of asteroid or cometary impacts. Visit

Asteroids & Comets -- Basic information about near Earth asteroids & the hazard they pose to Earth. Asteroid origins, potentially hazardous asteroids, Earth crossing asteroids, Torino impact scale. Visit

NeoDys, Near Earth Objects - Dynamic Site -- Searchable database of near Earth asteroids, risk calculations for possible collisions with Earth, orbit calculation software. Visit



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