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

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

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

» AstroGuard - News and information about advance warning of asteroid or cometary impacts.

» 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 and measurements of successful precoveries.

» 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 and quasi-satellites.

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

» 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.

» 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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