Getman Vladimir Sergeevich - Falling stars: a guide to meteors and meteorites

Index

Achondrites,

ALH84001,

Alpha Aurigids,

Alpha Capricornids,

Alpha Leonids,

Alpha Lyrids,

Alpha (November) Monocerotids,

Alpha Scorpiids,

Alpha Ursid Majorids,

Alpha Virginids,

Amguid Crater,

Anaxagoras,

Andromedids,

Aouelloul Crater,

Apollo objects,

Apollo program,

Apophis,

AprilMay fireballs,

Aquarius,

Aries,

Aristotle,

Arizona Crater,

Asteroids

See also specific asteroids

defined,

overview of,

Astronomy,

Ataxites,

Aubrites,

Auriga,

Aurigids,

Australian Strewn Field,

Autumn Arietids,

Barringer, Daniel Moreau,

Barringer, D. Moreau,

Barringer Crater,

Beaverhead Crater,

Bediasites,

Beta Leonids,

Biela,

Bielids,

Big Dipper,

Black Stone (Hadshar al Aswad),

Bodes Law,

Bolides

defined,

watching,

Bootes,

Bournon, Jacques-Louis Comte de,

Bovedy meteorite,

Boxhole Crater,

Brent Crater,

Campo Del Cielo Craters,

Cancer,

Canyon Diablo,

Canyonlands National Park,

Capella,

Capricorn,

Carswell Crater,

Ceres,

Cetus,

Chaco meteorite,

Charon,

Charlevoix Crater,

Chicxulub,

Chihuahua meteorite,

Chi Orionids,

Chiron,

Chondrites,

Claxton meteorites,

Clearwater Lakes Crater,

Coma Bernices,

Coma Berenicids,

Comets

See also specific comets

defined,

overview of,

Coon Butte,

Coon Mountain,

Craters, meteorite

See also specific craters

in Canada,

other notable,

overview of,

in United States,

Crooked Creek Crater,

Cumberlandites,

Custer, George Armstrong,

Cygnus,

Darwin,

Dawn,

Dealers, list of meteorite,

Decaturville Crater,

December Monocerotids,

Deep Impact,

Delta Aquarids,

Delta Arietids,

Delta Aurigids,

Delta Cancrids,

Delta Leonids,

Delta Sagittariids,

Diogenites,

Draco,

Draconids,

Dubhe,

81P/Wild,

Encke,

Ensisheim meteorite,

Epsilon Geminids,

Eros,

Eta Aquarids,

Eta Cetids,

Eta Virginids,

Eucrites,

European Space Agency,

Fireballs

defined,

watching,

Flynn Creek Crater,

Foote, A. E.,

Franklin Hole,

Galileo,

Gamma Aquarids,

Gamma Virginids,

Gan Gan meteorite,

Gaspra,

Gemini,

Geminids,

Georgiaites,

Giacobinids,

Gibeon meteorites,

Gilbert, Grove Karl,

Giotto,

Glover Bluff Crater,

Goddard Space Flight Center,

Guadalupe y Calvo meteorite,

Haag, Robert (Meteorite Man),

Hadshar al Aswad (Black Stone),

Halley,

Haughton impact structure (Haughton Dome),

Haviland Crater,

Hayabusa,

Henbury Craters,

Hercules,

Hexadrites,

Hipparchus,

Hodges, Mrs. E. Hewlett,

Holleford Crater,

Howard,

Hubble Space Telescope,

Hyakutake,

Icarus,

Ida,

Innesfree meteorite,

International Astronomical Union (IAU),

Itokawa,

Ivorites,

Japanese space program,

June Bootids,

June Lyrids,

June Scutids,

Jupiter,

Kaalijarvi Craters,

Kappa Cygnids,

Kennedy Space Center,

Knapp,

Kohoutek,

Kuiper Belt,

La Criolla meteorites,

Leo,

Leonids,

Libra,

Livy,

Liu Sun,

Lodranites,

Lost City meteorite,

Lowell Observatory,

Luna program,

Lyra,

Lyrids,

Marquez Dome,

Mars,

rocks,

Maximilian, king of Austria,

Mayer,

May Librids,

May Lyrids,

Merak,

Mercury,

Mesosiderites,

Meteor Crater,

detailed description of,

Meteor Crater Enterprises,

Meteorites,

See also specific meteorites craters,

defined,

falls and finds,

museums, list of,

origins of,

overview of,

verification laboratories, list of,

Meteorites, classification of

achondrites,

ataxites,

chondrites,

hexadrites,

iron meteorites,

lodranites,

mesosiderites,

octahedrites,

pallasites,

stone meteorites,

stony-iron meteorites,

types,

Meteorites, collecting

dealers, list of,

overview of,

preserving,

purchasing,

records,

samples, list of,

storage and display,

Meteoroids,

Meteors

See also Meteor showers

defined,

overview of,

point,

sporadic,

storms,

Meteors, watching

See also Meteor showers

bolides,

conditions for,

equipment for,

fireballs,

overview of,

photography,

radio observtion,

recording data,

telescopic observation,

Meteor showers

See also specific showers

April,

August,

December,

defined,

February,

January,

July,

June,

March,

May,

November,

October,

overview of,

September,

Meteorwrongs,

Middlesboro Crater,

Mohammed,

Moldavites,

Monoceros,

Moon, Earths,

Apollo program,

impact craters,

lunar meteorites,

tektites,

Morasko Craters,

Morovka meteorite,

Mrkos,

Museum of Astrogeology,

Museums, list of,

Nakhla meteorites,

Nantan meteorite,

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Agency),

Apollo program,

Dawn,

Deep Impact,

Goddard Space Flight Center,

NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous),

New Horizons,

Space Shuttle,

Stardust,

National Air and Space Museum,

National Museum of Natural History,

National Park Service,

NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous),

NEAs (near earth asteroids),

Neptune,

Neumann,

Neumann lines,

Neuschwanstein meteorite,

New Horizons,

New Quebec Crater,

9P/Temple,

Nininger, Harvey H.,

Northern Delta Aquarids,

Northern Iota Aquarids,

Northern May Ophiuchids,

Northern Piscids,

Northern Taurids,

November (Alpha) Monocerotids,

Octahedrites,

Odessa Craters,

OKeefe,

103P/Hartley2,

Oort Cloud,

Ophiuchids,

Ophiuchus,

Organizations, list of,

Orgueil meteorite,

Orion,

Orionids,

Pallasites,

Palomar Observatory Asteroid Survey,

Peekskill meteorite,

Pegasus,

Perseids,

Perseus,

Piazzi,

Pi Sagittariids,

Pisces,

Piscids,

Pi Virginids,

Pliny,

Plutarch,

Pluto,

Praesepe,

Prairie Network,

Pribram meteorite,

Pultusk meteorites,

Quadrans Muralis,

Quadrantids,

Qutelet,

Radiant,

Reed,

Rho Geminids,

Ries Crater,

Rosetta,

Sagittarius,

Saint Lawrence Tears,

Saturn,

Seuss, F. E.,

Shoemaker,

Shoemaker-Levy

Sierra Madre Crater,

Sikhote-Alin Craters,

Sikhote-Alin meteorites,

Sirius,

Sky & Telescope,

Smithsonian Institution,

SNC subgroup,

Southern Delta Aquarids,

Southern Iota Aquarids,

Southern May Ophiuchids,

Southern Piscids,

Southern Taurids,

Soviet space program,

Luna,

Space Shuttle,

Sprucefield meteorites,

Stardust,

Streich,

Sun,

Sylacauga meteorite,

Tagish Lake meteorite,

Tau Herculids,

Taurids,

Taurus,