Solar System (Astronomy)

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The Solar System The Solar System: Detailed guide to the sun and planetary system, asteroids, comets, meteor hits on Earth and the other planets. (Solar System) http://www.eoascientific.com/prototype/newcampus/space/space.html Astronomy Today - Solar System Astronomy Today - Solar System: Fairly detailed information about our sun and its planets. (Solar System) http://www.astronomytoday.com/astronomy/solarsystem.html Planetary Science Institute Planetary Science Institute: Research and educational institute with projects to study planets, asteroids, and comets. (Solar System) http://www.psi.edu/ Windows to the Universe Windows to the Universe: Aimed at portraying Earth and Space Sciences in a fun way. Includes information about space weather, global space physics and a real time movie of current solar activity. (Solar System) http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ A Planet Pursuit A Planet Pursuit: Pictures, facts and general information on the nine planets. (Solar System) http://homepage.eircom.net/~aidanbarry/planetpursuit/ Solar System Simulator Solar System Simulator: Online software that generates views of the bodies of our planetary system at any date from any artificial or natural point of observation. (Solar System) http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/ The Solar System in Pictures The Solar System in Pictures: Quizzes and images about all the bodies of our planetary system. (Solar System) http://www.the-solar-system.net/ Solar System Dynamics Solar System Dynamics: Provides detailed information related to known bodies in orbit around the Sun. Ephemerides, physical parameters, Earth close-approaches, observer tools. (Solar System) http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/ Solar System - Celestial Mechanics Solar System - Celestial Mechanics: A theory about the rotation of sun and planets, planetary rings, origin of solar system, solar cycles and climate variations. (Solar System) http://www.heeke.com/franz Planetary Cartography and Graphics by Ralph Aeschliman Planetary Cartography and Graphics by Ralph Aeschliman: Planetary maps and graphics of Mars, the Moon and Venus. (Solar System) http://ralphaeschliman.com DiscoverThePlanets.Com DiscoverThePlanets.Com: Various images, brief information, moons, summaries of past and planned missions. (Solar System) http://www.discovertheplanets.com Northeast Regional Planetary Data Center Northeast Regional Planetary Data Center: Includes list of available image collections and how to obtain the data at the facility (no images are online). (Solar System) http://www.planetary.brown.edu/planetary/data_center/ Orrery: Solar System Simulator Orrery: Solar System Simulator: A Java applet that simulates gravitating masses. Features a working model with motions and sizes of 70 planets and moons to scale. (Solar System) http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~kmcclary/ Stardate Online: Guide to the Solar System Stardate Online: Guide to the Solar System: Contains an outline of the formation and evolution of planets, comets, asteroids, and of their features and exploration. (Solar System) http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/ Smiley's Planet Smiley's Planet: Explore the solar system's planets. Includes pictures, descriptions, statistical information and a special section on the latest voyage to Mars. (Solar System) http://www.d.smiley1.btinternet.co.uk/ Planetary Materials Curation Planetary Materials Curation: Features Moon rocks, Mars meteorites, and space exposed materials at NASA's curation office. (Solar System) http://www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/curator/curator.htm Endless Boundaries Endless Boundaries: Information on the Sun, planets and moons. (Solar System) http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/milkyway/1000 The Solar Space Station The Solar Space Station: Facts, descriptions and pictures, with sections about the Sun, the planets and meteors and asteroids. (Solar System) http://www.solarspace.co.uk/ Our Solar System Our Solar System: Basic information and low resolution pictures of the bodies of our planetary system. (Solar System) http://www.afamilyquilt.com/brezeeger/space/solarsys/ About Atmosphere About Atmosphere: Summary information regarding the atmospheres of each planet in our solar system. (Solar System) http://www.mardiros.net/atmosphere/ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Protocols for naming planetary features, by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union. (Solar System) http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ BBCi Space: Solar System BBCi Space: Solar System: 3D tour including videos with audio and text information on the Sun and the bodies orbiting around it. (Shockwave and Realplayer required) (Solar System) http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/index.shtml Orrery: The Solar System in Action Orrery: The Solar System in Action: A concise tour containing numerous educational resources, and support for Spacetech's Orrery application. (Solar System) http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/orrery.html Welcome to the Planets Welcome to the Planets: Select images from NASA's planetary exploration program. (Solar System) http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/ Exploring the Planets Exploring the Planets: Sponsored by the National Air and Space Museum, contains many interesting facts about the planets, pictures, comparisons and a section dedicated to spacecraft. (Solar System) http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/ Astronomy 161: The Solar System Astronomy 161: The Solar System: Overview with historical background and basic astronomy concepts, details about planets, satellites, asteroids, comets and meteors. (Solar System) http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/ SkyScopes SkyScopes: Information about planetary astronomy and space exploration and habitat. Online chat, message boards, and related links. Sells replicas and toys. (Solar System) http://www.skyscopes.com/ USGS Astrogeology Research Program USGS Astrogeology Research Program: Features planetary imagery, research, GIS, mapping, and image processing software. The site provides information about the group and about the Solar System. (Solar System) http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/ Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto: Journey to the outer reaches of the solar system and discover what scientists have learned about Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. (Solar System) http://www2.worldbook.com/features/outerplanets/html/index.html Planetary Fact Sheet Planetary Fact Sheet: Table of essential measurements and facts regarding the nine planets with links to highly detailed summaries. (Solar System) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/index.html Solar System Exploration Home Page Solar System Exploration Home Page: The Solar System Exploration Home Page is part of NASA's Office of Space Science and describes NASA's program to explore the solar system. (Solar System) http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm Free Software for Planetary Science Free Software for Planetary Science: Image processing browers for Mariner 6, 7, 9, 10, Venera 15/16, and Viking Orbiter. (Solar System) http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html Aniket World Aniket World: Personal page reporting basic features of the planets and some links. (Solar System) http://www.angelfire.com/space/aniketworld/ The Nine Planets The Nine Planets: Overview, sections dedicated to each planet and the smaller bodies - with data, information and some pictures - glossary and appendices. (Solar System) http://www.nineplanets.org/ The Planetary Society: Solar System Guide The Planetary Society: Solar System Guide: Current and concise information about all planets, major satellites, comets and asteroids. (Solar System) http://www.planetary.org/learn/solarsystem/index.html Rotation of Sun and Planets Rotation of Sun and Planets: The rotation period of a large body circled by one or more satellites can be calculated theoretically. (Solar System) http://www.geocities.com/saeles/planetsrotation.htm Solar System Discoveries by JJ Kavelaars Solar System Discoveries by JJ Kavelaars: References to minor planets and moons of planets that were discovered by JJ Kavelaars. (Solar System) http://pinks.physics.mcmaster.ca Distributions of the Planets and Moons Orbits Distributions of the Planets and Moons Orbits: Discussion paper offering a theory of orbital distances including Solar system with Pheaton and the Kuiper Belt. (Solar System) http://orbit.de.tk/ Universe, the Unknown World Universe, the Unknown World: Information on the solar system, with points about universal history and future. (Solar System) http://www.univers.as.ro Views of the Solar System Views of the Solar System: Comprehensive multimedia tour with statistical data, detailed information, pictures and videos. Also includes educational resources. (Solar System) http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm Virtual Solar System Virtual Solar System: Images, facts and quizzes about the nine planets. Also includes a scale model. (Solar System) http://www.solarsystem.org.uk/