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  Asteroid - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Asteroids are commonly classified into groups based on the characteristics of their orbits and on the details of the spectrum of sunlight they reflect.
Until the age of space travel, asteroids were merely pinpricks of light in even the largest telescopes and their shapes and terrain remained a mystery.
Asteroids are on a crash course toward earth, locust-like insects inflict terrible pain on mankind, and a generalized madness infects the world's population,...
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 List of reference tables   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This is a list of reference tables, similar to the collection of reference tables found at the back of almanacs, dictionaries and encyclopedias (or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the work).
List of mean centers of U.S. population during the 20th century
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 List of asteroids -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Asteroids whose orbits are not (yet) precisely known are known by their systematic name (see (Click link for more info and facts about provisional designation) provisional designation).
All of these have now been recovered; the last "lost" numbered asteroid was (Click link for more info and facts about 719 Albert) 719 Albert (although 1915 Quetzálcoatl and (3360) 1981 VA have not been seen since 1985 (see), their orbits are known and close Earth approaches are due in 2062 and 2085 respectively).
In extreme cases, such as "lost" asteroids, there may be a considerable mismatch: for instance the high-numbered (Click link for more info and facts about 69230 Hermes) 69230 Hermes was originally discovered in 1937, but was lost until 2003.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Li/List_of_asteroids.htm   (1667 words)

  
 List of science topics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of topics in various sciences.
List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
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 Geological features of the Solar System - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This is a directory of lists of geological features on other planets, moons and asteroids.
List of geological features on 243 Ida and Dactyl
List of geological features on Jupiter's smaller moons
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