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Available Comet Data
Immediately Downloadable
  By Type of Observations
  By Targeted Body
  By Mission
CD/DVD collections
  The Shoemaker-Levy 9 Jupiter Impact
  Giotto's Encounter with Comet 26/P Grigg-Skjellerup
  The International Halley Watch
     
 

Comet Data Archive contains the data sets which have completed the archiving process as well as the data sets still in development, or in the process of being editing following an external peer review. Please note the status of the data set you are exploring, and be wary of data that are not marked Archived.

A description of the various file types you might encounter in the various data sets can be found here. The form at the bottom of this page may be used to contact node personnel or make special requests.

The collections, which reside on either CD or DVD disks are mounted on a jukebox that may take as long as 30 seconds to swap a requested disk into place before responding to a mouse click.

Cross-Identification Utilities allow using one designation of a comet (or asteroid) to get a list of other names and designations associated with this object.

Small Bodies Data Base will allow to enter one comet or asteroid designation to get cross-identifications and compiled data from the SBN archive holdings. This interface is currently in development.

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Requests for Support or Special Services

If you're having difficulty determing which data set might fit your needs or if you require some special assistance or processing, please fill out one of the request forms below and return it to us. We'll do our best to respond as quickly as possible.

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  • Data Services
    SBN Services
      List of periodic comets
      Small Bodies Cross-Identification Utility (comets and asteroids)
      Comet Cross-Identification Utility
      Small Bodies Data Base
      Comet Data Searcher (Work in Progress!)
      Catalog of HST Comet Observations
      Catalog of Spitzer Small Bodies Observations
     
    Other Data Services
      Minor Planet Center
      Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
      Asteroid orbital elements by E. Bowell
      HORIZONS (Solar Systems Bodies Ephemeris)
       
    PDS Nodes: Management Atmospheres Geosciences Imaging NAIF PPI Rings Small Bodies Engineering
     

    For website related problems, please contact the web curator Anne Raugh (raughastro.umd.edu) and for data related problems, please contact either the web curator Anne Raugh or Dr. Ludmilla Kolokolova (ludmillaastro.umd.edu).

           
    To the UMD Home Page The Planetary Data System (PDS) Small Bodies Node (SBN) is located in the Astronomy Department of the University of Maryland, College Park.