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Associations and Organizations

A.D.A.S. - Dedicated programme to search and follow-up asteroids and comets
AIM - Italian Minisatellites Association
American Astronautical Society
American Astronomical Society
ASI - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Associazioni di Astrofili Italiani (see also the list from the Gruppo M1 Astrofili Castiglionesi)
AURA - Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
Bureau des Longitudes
Cape Canaveral virtual tour
CISAS - Center of studies and activities for Space "G. Colombo"
ESA - European Space Agency
ESA Science - European Space Agency: Science
ESO - European Southern Observatory
IAU - International Astronomical Union
IAU Commission 7 - International Astronomical Union: Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
IAU Minor Planets Center
IEEC - Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya
IMCCE - The Institut de Mécanique Céléste et de Calcul des Ephémérides
IMSS - Museo Galileo (Institute snd Museum of the History of Science)
Kitt Peak Observatory - Located 56 miles southwest of Tucson, AZ
JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
LPL - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
MMT Observatory - Joint facility of the Simthsonian Institution & the University of Arizona
Mount Wilson Observatory
Museo di Scienze Planetarie - di Prato
NASA - National Areonautics & Space Administration
NOAO - National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Osservatori Astronomici italiani
Osservatorio di Brera
Osservatorio di Nizza
Osservatorio di Parigi
Osservatorio di Roma
Osservatorio di Vienna
SEDS - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
Società Astronomica Italiana (SAIT)
SISFA - Società Italiana degli Storici della Fisica e dell'Astronomia
Società Italiana di Storia della Scienza
SFD - Space Flight Dynamics Laboratory at CNR
Space Telescope Science Institute - Operated for NASA by AURA
Spaceguard Foundation - Interested in observing and tracking Near-Earth Objects
Steward Observatory - Located at the University of Arizona, Tucson
The Planetary Society - Aimed at the exploration of our solar system and the search for extraterrestrial life
Unione Astrofili Italiani
Unione Matematica Italiana (UMI)
U.S. Naval Observatory
Vatican Observatory
Whipple Observatory - Located near Amado, Arizona on Mount Hopkins

Biographies

Italian Astronomers

Indice di Biografie:
The History of Mathematics With links to websites relevant to the History of Mathematics
Images of Tycho Brahe An exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
History of Mathematics Links: Biographies of Scientists
K.E. Tsiolkovsky The life of Konstantin Eduardovitch Tsiolkovsky, pioneer of astronautics

Astronomical data and software

Abrams Planetarium - Skywatcher's Page
Asteroids occultations - Predictions and methods of calculation (with a link to update predictions)
Asteroid Orbital Elements Database - ASCII file of osculating orbital elements, ephemeris uncertainties - Updated daily
Astronomical Applications Department - of the U.S. Naval Observatory. Almanacs, software, and web services.
Astronomical Data Center - Access to Astronomy Data and Catalogs
Astronomical Headlines - Informations on recent astronomical discoveries
Astronomical On-line Calculator - Java calculator with astronomical data
Astronomical Software - A source of many MSDOS programs
AstroWeb: Astronomy software servers - A long list of links to download software in use by astronomers
CFITSIO Software - Downloading C or Fortran versions to process Flexible Image Transport System data format
Cometography.com - Currently Visible Comets
Comets and asteroids - Small-Body Orbital Elements
Dati Astronomici - Strasburgo - CDS - Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg
European Asteroid Research Node
IAU Minor Planet Center - With astrometric observations and orbits for minor planets and comets
International Occultations - Master Index and Information Site for Lunar Occultations & Grazes
List of Amor - List of Amor Minor Planets (by designation) - Updated daily
List of Apollo - List of Apollo Minor Planets (by designation) - Updated daily
List of Aten - List of Aten Minor Planets (by designation) - Updated daily
List of TNOs - List of Transneptunian Objects - Updated daily
List of Trojans - List of Jupiter Trojans
List of unusual minor planets - Including both close-approach and distant objects
Meteor Observing Calendar - Based on Gary W. Kronk's Comets & Meteor Showers
2001 Meteor Shower Calendar - Based on International Meteor Organization (IMO) Monograph No.2: Handbook for Visual Meteor Observers
Minor Planet Ephemeris Service - at Harvard University
NASA Astrophysics Data System - The Digital Library for Physics, Astrophysics, and Instrumentation
Natural Satellites - Mean orbital parameters
Natural Satellites - Physical data
Natural Satellites Service - Information and tools at Moscow University
Nautical Almanac - With the history of Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office (HMNAO), its work and its publications and services
Planetary Data System: Atmospheres Node, Geosciences Node, Imaging Node, Navigation Node, Planetary Plasma Interactions Node, Rings Node, Small Bodies Node - A distributed NASA archive of solar system data
Planetary Orbital Elements - With Mean Orbits (J2000) and Centennial Rates
Planetary Physical Properties - NASA archive
Planetary Sciences - At the National Space Science Data Center (NASA)
Plot of the Inner Solar System - Current location of the major planets (Mercury through Jupiter) and the minor planets that are in the inner region
Plot of the Innermost Solar System - Current location of the major planets (Mercury through Mars) and the minor planets that are in the innermost region
Plot of the Outer Solar System - Current location of the Jovian planets (Jupiter through Neptune) and various distant minor bodies
SIMBAD Data Base - Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data at Strasbourg
Sky and Telescope occultations
Sky maps: - Guide for evening sky maps
Small bodies node - At the NASA Planetary Data System
Small-Body Astrometric Radar Observations - at JPL
Small-Body Orbital Elements - Access to orbital elements contained in JPL's DASTCOM DATABASE
Solar System Data - Orbits of the planets and moons along with some historical data (at SEDS)
Solar System Dynamics - Containing data of planets, natural satellites, asteroids and comets, other solar system bodies
Solar System Live - The interactive "orrery" of the Web by John Walker
Solar System Exploration - A survey of the solar system including data, images and videos
Space News - SPACE.com is a multimedia company dedicated to space
Spaceweather.com - News and information about the Sun-Earth environment
Stellar Occultations - last update 01/2003
The Nine Planets - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System by Bill Arnett
Universe - An educational forum exploring the horizons of space, time and matter

Dynamics

Astronomia Teorica - A site of G. Matarazzo
Encyclopedia Britannica - An article on Celestial Mechanics
Jupiter! The Three Body Problem - An animated simulation of the restricted three-body problem
Mathematical mysteries: the three body problem - An introduction to the SOHO mission
New solution to the three body problem - and more
Orbits and gravitation - An historical review with many links (by J J O'Connor and E F Robertson)
Restricted Three Body Problem - Several topics on the Three-body problem and free software simulation (Jupiter)
Solar System Dynamics - Containing data of planets, satellites, asteroids and comets
Three Bodies in Gravitation - Simulation of the movement of a small body (a spacecraft) in the gravitational field of the Earth and the Moon
Three body Problem (1) - Equations of motion, fixed points, periodic orbits (with simulations)
Three body problem (2) - A simulation where you can vary the particle mass and the coupling
Three-Body Problem: The Trojan Asteroid Group - Simulations of the Trojan asteroids
Three-Body Problem simulations - A simulation of the 3-body problem

Journals and Periodics

On-line Books and Periodics

Biblioteca digitale IMSS - The digital library of IMSS in Florence
Center for Retrospective Digitization - Gottingen State and University Library
ENHA - Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy
Gallica - La bibliothèque numérique - Bibliotheque nationale de France
Historical Math Monographs - The Cornell Historic Math Book Collection
How to find the locat ion of a planet - from a site of J. B. Calvert
NUMDAM - Digitization of ancient mathematics documents
Online Books FAQ
Orbital Debris: A Technical Assessment - Committee on Space Debris, National Research Council
Physics topics: Celestial Mechanics - From Dr. J. B. Tatum's home page
Solar System Dynamics - By C.D. Murray and S.F. Dermott
The Foundations of Celestial Mechanics - By George W. Collins, II
The Kepler Problem - From Bruno Cordani's home page

Pictures

Astronomy Picture of the Day - Archive of photos at NASA
CICLOPS (Saturn pictures) - Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for OPerationS
Digitized Sky Survey - Photographic surveys in E, V, J, R, and N bands
Hubble Space Telescope Observations - Latest News Releases
IRAF - Image reduction and Analysis Facility
Malin Space Science Systems - Mars Images and MOC Gallery, a wide survey of Mars pictures
NASA Photojournal - Planetary Photojournal
Images from NASA - NSSDC Photo Gallery
Mars Express - Images From Mars Express
Mars Exploration Rover Mission - Images From Mars Exploration Rover Mission (Spirit and Opportunity)
Mars 2001 Odyssey - Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS - POSTING MARS PICTURES)
PDS Imaging Node - The Imaging Node of the Planetary Data System
Picture of the day - Each day a different image or photograph
SDAC - Solar Data Analysis Center at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Titan from ESA Multimedia Gallery - Photos of Titan from the Huygens probe
Views of the Solar System - A vivid multimedia adventure
Visioni Extrasolari - Providing information about newly discovered extrasolar planets

Space Missions

Cassini-Huygens Mission (ESA) - A joint NASA/ESA/ASI mission. The ESA Huygens probe will land on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon
Cassini-Huygens Mission (NASA) - A joint NASA/ESA/ASI mission. NASA's Cassini spacecraft will orbit Saturn for the next four years
ESA Missions - In operation, Under development, Under study, Post operation
Exoplanet Missions - Searching for Earthlike Worlds at JPL Planet Quest
HEASARC - High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
International Space Station - NASA Human Spaceflight (ISS)
Links to Missions - From Brian Roberts' homepage
Lunar Exploration - At the National Space Science Data Center
Mars Esploration Rover Mission - Latest News From Spirit and Opportunity
Mars Express - Latest News From Mars Express orbiter
NASA Space Shuttle Launches - Useful information about Shuttles
NEAR - Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
Small Satellites Home Page - Information, resources, references and links for small satellites
Space Science Missions - from NASA
Spaceflight - NASA Human spaceflight: space shuttle and space station
Technology - NSTS 1988 News Reference Manual
When observing the ISS - Information you need to observe satellites such as the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle

Near-Earth Objects

Asteroids and Comets Impact Hazards - NASA Website
Distant EKOs - The Kuiper Belt Electronic Newsletter
Kuiper Belt Objects - with informations on a proposed mission to the Kuiper Belt
List of potentially hazardous asteroids - With a list of close approaches to the earth through the end of the century.
NEAR - Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
Near-Earth Asteroids data Base - Data Base of Physical and Dynamical Properties of Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs)
Near-Earth objects program - NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NEO Confirmation Page - Access to ephemerides for newly-discovered fast-moving (or other unusual) objects in need of confirmation
NEO Page - Collected herein are local links dealing specifically with Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)
NeoDys - Information and services for all Near Earth Asteroids (mirror site)
Quaoar - A newly discovered Kuiper Belt object, found in June 2002
Research - Research on NEO at the Department of Aerospace Engineering of the University of Glasgow
Small Asteroid Encounter List - At Sormano Astronomical Observatory
Spacewatch Program - of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, The University of Arizona
The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud - at the Space Development and Space Science at CyberPursuits

Bibliographical Services

ADS - The NASA Astrophysics Data System
AMS Book Online - in PDF Format
Bibliopoly - Search for antiquarian books
Books available online - From AMS Books Online
Cornell collection - The Cornell Historic Math Book Collection
Mathematics Research Lybrary - University of Washington
Online Mathematics textbooks - Georgia Institute of Technology
National Academic Press: - Read over 2,500 books online free
The On-line Books page - Includes more than 16,000 English works in various formats

Extrasolar Planetary Systems

Additional Reading on Planet Detection - Popular Articles on Planet Detection
California and Carnegie Planet Search - Search for planetary systems (exoplanets.org)
Darwin - Space infrared interferometer project to look for Earth-sized planets and signs of life on them
Exoplanets - California and Carnegie Extrasolar Planet Search
Extraplanets search Haute-Provence Obs. - A Geneva - Grenoble - Haute-Provence observatories collaboration
Extrasolar Planet Catalog - Including Candidates to be confirmed (sorted by increasing mass)
Extrasolar Planet Detection with the AFOE - A Spectrograph for Precise Stellar Radial Velocity Measurements
Extrasolar Research Corporation - Research on extrasolar topics, with a focus on the origins of stars and planets
GAIA - ESA programme to measure the positions of a large number of stars with high accuracy
Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search - Planet search and stellar kinematics - Theory and Observations
Guide to Extrasolar Planets - Extrasolar visions
HD 168746 - A sub-saturnian planet around HD 168746
M-dwarfs of the solar vicinity - Haute-Provence and La Silla Observatories
Other Planetary Systems? - From Bill Arnett home page
Parade of New Planets - From "Scientific American" home page
51 Pegasus - The Discovery of a Planetary Orbit Around the Nearby Star 51Pegasus
Southern Sky extrasolar Search - A Geneva Observatory research programme
The Anglo-Australian Planet Search Program - Search for giant planets around 200 nearby Solar-type stars with V<7.5
The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia - Established since February 1995
The Extrasolar Planetary Foundation - Observatory Station, Pittsburgh

History of Astronomy

Ancient comets in Italy - With chronicle, citations and images
Astronomiae Historia - At the Astronomical Institutes of Bonn University
Atlas Coelestis - A project by F. Stoppa
Bicentenario Cerere - Bicentennial of the discovery of Ceres
Inter Gravissimas - The Bull by Pope Gregory XIII introducing the Gregorian Reform
Neptune's discovery - An archive of documents by Nicholas Kollerstrom

Extraterrestrial Life

Astrobiology - The origin of the building blocks of life
Galactic Habitable Zones - An article by By Leslie Mullen
Exobiology, Bioastronomy - and ET-Related Links
IAU Commission 51 - Bioastronomy: Search for Extraterrestrial Life
SETI - Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Stars and Habitable Planets - Criterions for finding stars with habitable planets

Videos

Astronomy Movie Database - contains the source or website address of more than 2000 movies
HEASARC - The HEASARC Video Archive at NASA
Kepler's Laws - Educational Videos at NASA

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