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Asteroids

Where are they?

List of named asteroids

Some famous asteroids

Structure and Composition

Gaspra (16 km)

Ida (53 km)

Mathilde (59 km)

Eros (40 km)

Kleopatra (as seen by radar>

Hayabusa visits Itokawa

Resolution of 10 meters

An ex-asteroid - Phobos?

Asteroids you can touch

Primitive stony and carbonaceous chondrites

Metal and stony processed meteorites

History of the Asteroid Belt and Solar System

Meteors and Meteorites

Meteors and Fireballs

Peekskill Fireball video

Tunguska

Craters

Lonar (India) crater

Arizona Meteor Crater

Research paper on Barringer Crater

Manicougan crater (Canada>

Extinction-Level Events

Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact

Apophis threatens Earth in 2029

Other impact hazards

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