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• - The solar polar orbit satellite observed tail of comet Hyakutake by means of magnetic fields and particle count anomalies. Article from Science News.
  
• - Encyclopedia entry covers physical characteristics, history. List of well-known comets.
  
• - General information and data, pictures, details on the most interesting ones.
  
• - Orbit computations for selected comets.
  
• - Offers updated orbital data, lists and orbit diagrams. Includes near Earth objects and minor planets.
  
• - Catalogue of images, ordered by comet.
  
• - The original discovery and latest news about a new class of interplanetary bodies.
  
• - Overview of comets, as described by a professional comet researcher.
  
• - Updated news letter on observation opportunities, designation of names and discoveries. Includes observation data and links.
  
• - Offers report and observations of a breakup of a comet in July 2000.
  
• - Resource for telescope observers involved in the Deep Impact space mission to comet Tempel 1. Provides observation campaign data and observer collaboration.
  
• - Glossary of comet (and astronomical) terms.
  
• - History, orbits, composition, ways comets are studied, relation to meteor showers. Comets Halley, Shoemaker-Levy 9. From the National Air and Space Museum.
  
• - Images of sun grazing comets from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. Also, background, archives, and how to interpret images and report new discoveries.
  
• - A list of comets discovered by Canadian astronomers.
  
• - Downloadable catalog. Also news, reading list, articles, links.
  
• - Basic features and some more information on selected comets.
  
• - From the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. News, observations, orbital data, comet names and designations, links.
  
• - Basic features, data, discoveries, images and sections with specific information on selected comets.
  
• - News, recent observations, observing information and advice.
  
• - Informative illustrated explanation of what comets are, what they are made of, where they come from and how to observe them.
  
• - News, observations, analyses of current comets, images, archives, links.