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Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
Crumbling Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Approaches *** APOD April 26 2006

Shoemaker-Levy 9
Impact on Jupiter: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collision *** APOD Jul 1998
Animations of the break-up

Tempel 1
The Nucleus of Comet Tempel 1 **** APOD Sept 2005
The Landscape on Comet Tempel 1 **** APOD July 2005
Theories of how craters form NASA July 2005
NASA's press release about the impact NASA July 4th 2005
Thirteen seconds after impact on Comet Tempel 1 **** APOD July 2005
Moment of impact on Tempel 1 **** NASA July 4th 2005
Quick Time Movie for PIA02135 Impactor Targeting Sensor Approach **** NASA July 2005
The Deep Impact Impactor: Technology and drawings etc NASA
Deep Impact hurtles towards Comet (artist's impression!) *** APOD May 2005
Stars, galaxies and Comet Tempel 1 APOD May 12 2005
Deep Impact: NASA's mission to visit Comet Tempel 1
Background information on Comet Tempel 1 NASA

Machholz
Comet Machholz passes the Pleiades star cluster *** APOD Jan 11 2005
Comet Machholz APOD Jan 5 2005
Announcing Comet Machholz APOD Dec 13 2004

Hale-Bopp
Comet Hale-Bopp and the North American nebula APOD Oct 2004
Two comets in the Southern skies APOD May 2004
Comet Hale-Bopp in the Outer Solar System APOD Mar 2001
Comet Hale-Bopp's impressive tails APOD April 2000
Comet Hale-Bopp Over Indian Cove *** APOD April 2000
Comet Hale-Bopp Over Val Parola Pass APOD Mar 2000
The Dust and Ion Tales of Comet Hale-Bopp *** APOD Dec 2000

Wild 2
Unusual Spires Found on Comet Wild 2  APOD Jun 2004

LINEAR
Comet LINEAR APOD April 2004

Borrelly
Comet Borrelly's Nucleus

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