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Speech & Term Paper Topics: Asteroids

Websites:

Asteroids
Facts and statistics about asteroids.

Exploring the Planets – Asteroids
Facts and information on asteroids.

Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking
Press releases and other information on the near-earth asteroid tracking system at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

NSSDC Photo Gallery
Photographs of asteroids.

Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Information on asteroids that are making threateningly close approaches to the earth.

StarDate Online – Solar System Guide – Asteroids
Information on the geology and archaeology of asteroids, impact craters and near earth rendezvous.

Books:

Erickson, Jon. (2003). Asteroids, comets, and meteorites : cosmic invaders of the earth. New York : Facts On File.
Call Number: QB651 .E75 2003

Halpern, P. (1998). Countdown to apocalypse : asteroids, tidal waves, and the end of the world. New York: Plenum Trade.
Call Number: QB638.8 .H35 1998

Norton, R. O. (1998). Rocks from space: meteorites and meteorite hunters. Missoula: Mountain Press Pub.
Call Number: QB755 .N67 1998

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