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Asteroid and Comet Links

Physical and orbital data:
The Minor Planet Center
The Planetary Data System Small Bodies Node

Mission information:
National Space Science Data Center

Images:
NASA/JPL Planetary Photojournal
Small World Atlas, by Phil Stooke
Asteroid Radar Research by Steven J. Ostro

Official nomenclature:
USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
The Minor Planet Center

Other links:
When Did the Asteroids Become Minor Planets?
Wm. Robert Johnston’s “Known populations of solar system objects”