A Planet Pursuit
Pictures, facts and general information on the nine planets. |
About Atmosphere
Summary information regarding the atmospheres of each planet in our solar system. |
Aniket World
Personal page reporting basic features of the planets and some links. |
Astronomy 161: The Solar System
Overview with historical background and basic astronomy concepts, details about planets, satellites, asteroids, comets and meteors. |
Astronomy Today - Solar System
Fairly detailed information about our sun and its planets. |
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) |
Computing Planetary Positions
A detailed online tutorial on how to compute planetary locations using math formulas. |
DiscoverThePlanets.Com
Various images, brief information, moons, summaries of past and planned missions. |
Endless Boundaries
Information on the Sun, planets and moons. |
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. |
Free Software for Planetary Science
Image processing browers for Mariner 6, 7, 9, 10, Venera 15/16, and Viking Orbiter. |
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
Protocols for naming planetary features, by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union. |
Northeast Regional Planetary Data Center
Includes list of available image collections and how to obtain the data at the facility (no images are online). |
Nova Celestia
Provides overview and original illustrations of elements. |
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. |
Orrery: The Solar System in Action
A concise tour containing numerous educational resources, and support for Spacetech's Orrery application. |
Our Solar System - Planets Alive
Offers overview information. Includes list of planetary space missions. |
Planetary Cartography and Graphics by Ralph Aeschliman
Planetary maps and graphics of Mars, the Moon and Venus. |
Planetary Fact Sheet
Table of essential measurements and facts regarding the nine planets with links to highly detailed summaries. |
Planetary Materials Curation
Features Moon rocks, Mars meteorites, and space exposed materials at NASA's curation office. |
Planetary Science Institute
Research and educational institute with projects to study planets, asteroids, and comets. |
Rotation of Sun and Planets
The rotation period of a large body circled by one or more satellites can be calculated theoretically. |
SkyScopes
Information about planetary astronomy and space exploration and habitat. Online chat, message boards, and related links. Sells replicas and toys. |
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 - Celestial Mechanics
A theory about the rotation of sun and planets, planetary rings, origin of solar system, solar cycles and climate variations. |
Solar System Dynamics
Web-based resources accompanying the book Solar System Dynamics, by Carl D. Murray and Stanley F. Dermott. |
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 Ephemeris
Providing ephemeris of a variety of Sun orbiting bodies. |
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 Simulator
Shows the position of Venus, Earth and Mars at any date from 1900-2100. |
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. |
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. |
The Nine Planets
Overview, sections dedicated to each planet and the smaller bodies - with data, information and some pictures - glossary and appendices. |
The Planetary Society: Our Solar System
Concise information about all planets, comets and asteroids. |
The Solar Space Station
Facts, descriptions and pictures, with sections about the Sun, the planets and meteors and asteroids. |
The Solar System
History of and basic facts about major solar system bodies. |
The Solar System
Detailed guide to the sun and planetary system, asteroids, comets, meteor hits on Earth and the other planets. |
The Solar System in Pictures
Quizzes and images about all the bodies of our planetary system. |
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. |
Views of the Solar System
Comprehensive multimedia tour with statistical data, detailed information, pictures and videos. Also includes educational resources. |
Virtual Solar System
Images, facts and quizzes about the nine planets. Also includes a scale model. |
Welcome to the Planets
Select images from NASA's planetary exploration program. |
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. |
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