Solar System
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- Views of the Solar System
- Multimedia tour with statistical data, detailed information, pictures and videos. Also includes educational resources.
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- Astromaterials Curation
- Features Moon rocks, Mars meteorites, and space exposed materials at NASA's curation office.
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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.
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- Astronomy Today - Solar System
- Solar System - Fairly detailed information about our sun and its planets.
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- Bob the Alien's Tour of the Solar System
- Informative tour of the planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids and comets in the Solar System and the stars and galaxies beyond. Also provides information about space exploration and astronomy.
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- Computing Planetary Positions
- A detailed online tutorial on how to compute planetary locations using math formulas.
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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.
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- Gravity Calculator
- Allows the user to perform various gravity calculations for the sun and planets based on Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation.
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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).
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- Orrery: The Solar System in Action
- A concise tour containing numerous educational resources, and support for Spacetech's Orrery application.
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- Planetary Alignment and Magnetic Field Interaction
- Article by David W. Allan on the magnetic field interactions in planet alignments and the correlation of sun spot activity to periodic field polarity reversals.
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- Planetary Cartography and Graphics by Ralph Aeschliman
- Planetary maps and graphics of Mars, the Moon and Venus.
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- Planetary Fact Sheet
- Table of essential measurements and facts regarding the nine planets with links to highly detailed summaries.
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- Planetary Science Institute
- Research and educational institute with projects to study planets, asteroids, and comets.
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- Shaker Effects in Celestial Mechanics
- Article by Franz Heeke about the rotation of the sun and planets, the sun's motion around the centre of mass of the solar system, planetary rings, solar activity and climate, and the origin of the solar system.