Useful Links

Impact Calculator

• Click here to hurl rocks at the Earth - Use this one for the assignment
• NASA Near Earth Object Page - Looking for real objects heading toward the Earth
• A differnt web site for hurling rocks at any planets - For fun - do not use this on for the assignment!

NASA Planetary Mission Homepages

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory Cassini Web Site including Spacecraft Information & Cassini Mission to Saturn (Currently orbiting Saturn)
• New Horizons Mission to Pluto (Arrives at Pluto 2014)
• Mars Exploration Rovers (Currently roving Mars)
• Mars Global Surveyor (Currently orbiting Mars)
• Mars Odyssey (Currently orbiting Mars)
• Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (Currently orbiting Mars)
• Ulysses Mission to Sol (Currently orbiting Sun)
• Stardust Mission to Comet Wild 2 (Returned to Earth January 2006)
• Deep Impact Mission to Comet Temple 1 (August 2006)
• MESSENGER Mission to Mercury (Arrives at Mercury March 2011 (Flybys 2006-2010))

Europeon Space Agency Mission Homepages

• Venus Express (Currently orbiting Venus)

Star Charts

• Winter Stars
• Spring Stars
• Summer Stars

Other Links

• Nasa Web Site
• Nasa Jet Propulsion Labratory (JPL)
• Resources from the Space Telescope Science Institute
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Seattle Astronomical Society
• UW Astronomy Deartment Lecture Schedule
• Latest SOHO (SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory) Images