A meteor is an event, not just an object. It happens when small pebble (a meteoroid) enters our atmosphere and burns up. Any pieces that reach the ground are called meteorites. Meteoroids are distinguished from asteroids by being too small to cause much damage at ground level, if they were to hit the Earth.
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- NASA's Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign Offers news, images and reports by a team observing meteor storms such as the Leonids and Perseids.
- Great Lakes Great Fire Meteorite New evidence links the simultaneous fires in Chicago, Peshtigo, and the entire Central portion of Michigan (from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron) to a meteorite fall.
- Views of the Solar System: Meteoroids and Meteorites General information, data, pictures. Also features educator's guides to micrometeorites, impact craters and space debris.
- Jupiter Scientific: Leonids Meteor Shower What to expect, how to observe and history of the shower.
- Jupiter Scientific: The Perseid Meteors Information, observation and history. Updated yearly in July.
- Sandia National Laboratories - Extraordinary meteor flash captured Images and description of a bright meteor event on August 15, 1999, recorded by an all-sky camera at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Cloudbait Observatory - Fireballs Fireball and meteor descriptions, reporting information, data on fireballs over Colorado.
- Observing Meteor Showers A guide to when to look for meteors.
- Major Meteor Showers in 2010 Main showers dates, when to watch and the phase of the moon.
- The Infography about Meteor Showers Online and print resources recommended by an expert who specializes in research about meteor showers.
- University of Western Ontario: Meteor Physics Group Includes information on research activities.
- Wikipedia: Meteor Encyclopedia article. Definitions, meteor showers, fireballs.
- Meteor Observing Calendar A concise listing of all meteor showers that can be seen throughout the year.
- 1908 Siberia Explosion: Reconstructing an Asteroid Impact from Eyewitness Accounts Descriptions of the Tunguska impact event. Researched, written, and illustrated by William K. Hartmann.