Especially if you are a sci-fi writer:
List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects
(and other outer solar system objects)
A list of asteroids, planetoids, Kuiper Belt Objects and such floating around past Neptune. Includes basic orbital elements, brightness, diameter and any known moons that they may have.
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List Of Transneptunian Objects
Similar to previous.
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Keep tabs on the rocks out there that will KILL US ALL.
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Related to the Impact Risks page, this provides Java-based 3-D orbit diagrams of asteroids and planets. Zoom in and out, rotate around, animate them forward and backwards in time, watch how DOOM WILL COME AND SMACK EARTH UPSIDE THE HEAD.
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If you want to write science fiction involving spacecraft, spaceflight or space battles, and you want it to be scientifically plausible, and you don’t have a relevant college degree… you’d be an unforgivable chump if you don’t pay a whole lot of attention to this website.
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There are more of them than you might think… 708 as I write this. Cataloglists planets based on discovery means… direct imaging, microlensing, astrometry, etc.
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Enter the basic data of the DOOM-BRINGING rock or comet, and find out just how big of a hole it’s going to make in the Earth, and just how big that blast is going to be.
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Did I miss any? Yes. yes, I did. Feel free to add relevant links to the comments. I will add more to this listing as they occur to me (or commented links that I think are especially good).
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http://www.artificial-gravity.com/sw/SpinCalc/SpinCalc.htm
Perfect for making sure that your ship/station with rotational pseudogravity is plausible.
The http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/ has a pretty good general topics area as well.
I’d add http://www.vectorsite.net/index.html for his plane histories and http://alternatewars.com/ for military info. The ‘Big Book of Warfare’ section is not to be missed. Its got some space link stuff too.
I sent the Impact Risk link, every now and then, to a couple of women who worry too much about the risk.
Don’t forget:
http://www.sfwa.org/ (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association — tons of great material for writers)
http://www.writersofthefuture.com/ (The best contest for aspiring writers)
http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/ (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)
http://www.asimovs.com/2011_12/index.shtml (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine)
http://www.analogsf.com/2011_12/index.shtml (Analog Science Fiction & Fact Magazine)
http://www.writersdigest.com/ (Writer’s Digest Magazine)
http://www.hatrack.com (Orson Scott Card’s website — a good resource for writers)