- Endless Boundaries
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Information on the Sun, planets and moons.
http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/milkyway/1000
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- A Planet Pursuit
Pictures, facts and general information on the nine planets.
http://homepage.eircom.net/~aidanbarry/planetpursuit/
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- About Atmosphere
Summary information regarding the atmospheres of each planet in our solar system.
http://www.mardiros.net/atmosphere/
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- Aniket World
Personal page reporting basic features of the planets and some links.
http://www.angelfire.com/space/aniketworld/
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- Astronomy 161: The Solar System
Overview with historical background and basic astronomy concepts, details about planets, satellites, asteroids, comets and meteors.
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/
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- Astronomy Today - Solar System
Fairly detailed information about our sun and its planets.
http://www.astronomytoday.com/astronomy/solarsystem.html
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- 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)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/index.shtml
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- Computing Planetary Positions
A detailed online tutorial on how to compute planetary locations using math formulas.
http://stjarnhimlen.se/comp/ppcomp.html
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- DiscoverThePlanets.Com
Various images, brief information, moons, summaries of past and planned missions.
http://www.discovertheplanets.com
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- 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.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/
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- Free Software for Planetary Science
Image processing browers for Mariner 6, 7, 9, 10, Venera 15/16, and Viking Orbiter.
http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html
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- Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
Protocols for naming planetary features, by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union.
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/
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- JPL Solar System Dynamics
Provides detailed information related to known bodies in orbit around the sun. Ephemerides, physical parameters, Earth close-approaches, observer tools, etc.
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Northeast Regional Planetary Data Center
Includes list of available image collections and how to obtain the data at the facility (no images are online).
http://www.planetary.brown.edu/planetary/data_center/
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- Nova Celestia
Provides overview and original illustrations of elements.
http://www.novacelestia.com/space_art_solar_system.html
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- Orrery
A review, support, updates and resources for the solar system simulator. Includes details of the nine planets.
http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/orrery.html
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- 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.
http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~kmcclary/
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- Our Solar System - Planets Alive
Offers overview information. Includes list of planetary space missions.
http://www.dunnbypaul.net/solarsystem/Main_A.html
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- Our Solar System in Pictures
Pictures and quizzes about all the planets in the solar system. This site is especially useful to middle school students studying the solar system.
http://www.the-solar-system.net/
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- Planetary Cartography and Graphics by Ralph Aeschliman
Planetary maps and graphics of Mars, the Moon and Venus.
http://ralphaeschliman.com
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- Planetary Fact Sheet
Table of essential measurements and facts regarding the nine planets with links to highly detailed summaries.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/index.html
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- Planetary Materials Curation
Features Moon rocks, Mars meteorites, and space exposed materials at NASA's curation office.
http://www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/curator/curator.htm
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- Planetary Science Institute
Research and educational institute with projects to study planets, asteroids, and comets.
http://www.psi.edu/
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- Rotation of Sun and Planets
The rotation period of a large body circled by one or more satellites can be calculated theoretically.
http://www.geocities.com/saeles/planetsrotation.htm
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- SkyScopes
Information about planetary astronomy and space exploration and habitat. Online chat, message boards, and related links. Sells replicas and toys.
http://www.skyscopes.com/
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