Directory of Comets Resources

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• Famous Comets

Resources in This Category

• Astronomy For Kids: Comets

  http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/comet.html
  Gives a few basic facts about comets. And a few pictures.

• Captain Comet

  http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/captaincomet/index.html
  Ask Captain Comet a question and learn how to make your own comet.

• Comet's Tale

  http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/CometsTale/com.html
  Explains the history of comets, and has a game to guess what materials comets are made of.

• Cometography.com

  http://cometography.com/
  Links to currently visible comets, plus has a comet catalog and memorable comets of the past.

• Comets

  http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/comets.html
  Explains what in inside a comet, and how come we can see it even though it doesn't make its own light.

• Comets

  http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/comets.html
  Diagrams, pictures, and movies of comets all help us understand what they are.

• Comets

  http://www.windows2universe.org/comets/comets.html
  What comets are made of, and explore NASA missions that went to different comets.

• FactMonster: Comets

  http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0004502.html
  Encyclopedia article describles the basics of comets.

• Kidsastronomy: Comets

  http://www.kidsastronomy.com/comets.htm
  Tells where comets come from, and a few pictures too.

• NASA Space Place

  http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/comet-wordfind/en/
  Provides a wordfind puzzle about comets and a brief history.

• NOVA Online: Doomsday Asteroid

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spacewatch/
  Transcript of the television broadcast, kitchen comet activity, general information on comets.

• What is a Comet

  http://www.kidseclipse.com/pages/a1b3c0d3.htm
  Explains what is inside a comet, how it moves, and the two most famous comets.

• Zoom Astronomy: Comets

  http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/astronomy/comet/
  Information on comet origins, and major comets.

 

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