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Comets are like asteroids, but when they are near the sun they release dust or gas. This gives them a tail or makes them look fuzzy.

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How Stuff Works: Comet Informative illustrated explanation of what comets are, what they are made of, where they come from and how to observe them. www.howstuffworks.com/comet.htm

Small Comets The original discovery and latest news about a new class of interplanetary bodies. smallcomets.physics.uiowa.edu

Comet's Long Tail Tickles Ulysses The solar polar orbit satellite observed tail of comet Hyakutake by means of magnetic fields and particle count anomalies. Article from Science News. sciencenews.org/20000408/fob1.asp

Views of the Solar System: Comets Basic features, data, discoveries, images and sections with specific information on selected comets. www.solarviews.com/eng/comet.htm

The Solar System in Actions: Comets Basic features and some more information on selected comets. www.harmsy.freeuk.com/comets.html

Windows to the Universe: Comets General information and data, pictures, details on the most interesting ones. www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/comets.html

Comet Information and the International Comet Quarterly From the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. News, observations, orbital data, comet names and designations, links. cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/icq.html

British Astronomical Association Comet Section News, recent observations, observing information and advice. www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds

Comet comet comet Overview of comets, as described by a professional comet researcher. www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/comet.html

Canadian Comet Catchers A list of comets discovered by Canadian astronomers. www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dave.chapman/CanCom.html

Nakano Note Orbit computations for selected comets. www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk.htm

Catalogue of Comet Discoveries Downloadable catalog. Also news, reading list, articles, links. www.comethunter.de

Comet Section of Germany News, observations, analyses of current comets, images, archives, links. www.fg-kometen.de/fgk_hpe.htm

SOHO Sungrazers Images of sun grazing comets from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. Also, background, archives, and how to interpret images and report new discoveries. ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer

Exploring The Planets: Comets History, orbits, composition, ways comets are studied, relation to meteor showers. Comets Halley, Shoemaker-Levy 9. From the National Air and Space Museum. www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/comets

Wikipedia: Comet Encyclopedia entry covers physical characteristics, history. List of well-known comets. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet

Deep Impact: Small Telescope Science Program (STSP) Resource for telescope observers involved in the Deep Impact space mission to comet Tempel 1. Provides observation campaign data and observer collaboration. deepimpact.astro.umd.edu/STSP

Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter Extensive coverage of the event July 1994. Includes observations, reports, 1444 images, news releases and links. www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9

Comet LINEAR Offers report and observations of a breakup of a comet in July 2000. spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast31jul_1m.htm?list

The International Comet Quarterly Updated news letter on observation opportunities, designation of names and discoveries. Includes observation data and links. cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/icq.html

Glossary Glossary of comet (and astronomical) terms. cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/ICQGlossary.html

Comet Observations Catalogue of images, ordered by comet. www.theastronomer.org/comets.html

Lists and Plots: Comets Offers updated orbital data, lists and orbit diagrams. Includes near Earth objects and minor planets. cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/CometLists.html