Asteroids

AquarianEssence

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It occured to me that some may not know the online reources for finding asteroids and other bodies so I though I'd share some links.

To find location of any body by date and time, including option of nodes, declination, etc by name or number
http://ephemeral.info/eph/eph.cgi

http://ephemeral.info/pos/pos.cgi

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html

Alphabetical list with number
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html

Meanings of many of them
http://www.geocities.com/mahtezcatpoc/asteroid.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meanings_of_asteroid_names_%2822001-23000%29
http://dictionary.laborlawtalk.com/Meanings_of_asteroid_names_%281-500%29

Discover and discovery date.
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Centaurs.html

Have fun :)
 
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