- Views of the Solar System
Solar system learning guide for people of all ages.
www.solarviews.com
- Solar System Treasure Hunt
SPACE.com's Solar System Treasure Hunt is an interactive game that introduces players to the Earth's Solar System.
www.space.com/php/multimedia/treasurehunt
- Solar System, The
Covers the historical development of our modern picture of the solar system, the planets and their moons, comets, asteroids, and meteors.
csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/index.html
- The Solar System
Scrolling image of the solar system in pixel scale (where one pixel is equal to 1000km) to represent its sheer vastness and the huge distances between planets.
www.troybrophy.com/projects/solarsystem
- Your Weight On Other Worlds
Ever wonder what you might weigh on Mars or the Moon? Here's your chance to find out.
www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html
- Solar Voyager
Includes links to current news articles, a description of each planet's prominent features, and a gallery of orginal art.
www.solarvoyager.com
- Solar System Simulator - NASA
Simulated view of any body in the solar system from any location and time in full-color graphics. A NASA/JPL space site.
space.jpl.nasa.gov
- Solar System Information
General information to help with projects.
www.geocities.com/solarsystem_chris
- Spacetech's Orrery: The Solar System in Action
Guide to the planets, their moons, comets, and meteors.
www.harmsy.freeuk.com/orrery.html
- Trans-Neptunian Object - Wikipedia
Article about trans-Neptunian objects (TNO), defined as is any object in the solar system that orbits the sun at a greater distance on average than Neptune.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Neptunian_Objects
- Open Universe
3D, realtime solar system simulator. Creates a display of planets, moons, stars, galaxies, asteroids, and spacecraft.
www.openuniverse.org
- FactShack.com: The Solar System
Information about the Sun and solar wind, the planets and their satellites, and theories of origin.
www.factshack.com/space/solarsystem.html
- NASA's Planetary Photojournal
Provides easy access to the publicly released images from various NASA Solar System exploration programs.
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov
- ESA Aurora Programme
Responsible for formulating, then implementing, a European long-term plan for the robotic and human exploration of solar system bodies holding promise for traces of life.
www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Aurora/index.html
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Dynamics Group
Generates accurate position and velocity histories (ephemerides) for the bodies of the solar system including the planets, natural satellites, comets, and asteroids.
ssd.jpl.nasa.gov
- Virtual Solar System
Take a fly-by tour of the sun and each planet in its orbit.
www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem
- Virtual Solar System UK
Learn about the nine planets through images, facts and quiz questions in this interactive tour.
www.solarsystem.f2s.com
- Astronomy for the Masses
Features articles about measuring angles in the sky, elementary particles, and nuclear forces.
www.geocities.com/angolano/Astronomy/Astronomy.html
- Kepler's Laws
The laws, which describe the motion of planets around the sun, are explained with animation. Plus a brief history of Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe.
home.cvc.org/science/kepler.htm
- Jessica's Solar System Page
Resource for teachers and students containing information on the planets, sun, comets, and meteors.
www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1364
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