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Amateur Observing (58)
Asteroid Belt (1)
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors (170)
Data Archives (4)
Dwarf Planets (34)
Earth (60)
History (8)

Jupiter (58)
Kuiper Belt (22)
Mars (78)
Mercury (13)
Neptune (11)
Oort Cloud (1)
Planets (264)

Pluto and Charon (25)
Saturn (14)
Small Bodies (170)
Sun (161)
The Moon (47)
Uranus (8)
Venus (13)

Web Pages

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A Planet Pursuit - http://homepage.eircom.net/~aidanbarry/planetpursuit/
Pictures, facts and general information on the nine planets.

Astromaterials Curation - http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/
Features Moon rocks, Mars meteorites, and space exposed materials at NASA's curation office.

Astronomy 161: The Solar System - http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/
Overview with historical background and basic astronomy concepts, details about planets, satellites, asteroids, comets and meteors.

Astronomy Today - Solar System - http://www.astronomytoday.com/astronomy/solarsystem.html
Fairly detailed information about our sun and its planets.

BBC Space: Solar System - http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/
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 - http://stjarnhimlen.se/comp/ppcomp.html
A detailed online tutorial on how to compute planetary locations using math formulas.

Endless Boundaries - http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/milkyway/1000
Information on the Sun, planets and moons.

Exploring the Planets - http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/
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 - http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html
Image processing browsers for Mariner 6, 7, 9, 10, Venera 15/16, and Viking Orbiter.

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/
Protocols for naming planetary features, by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union.

Northeast Regional Planetary Data Center - http://www.geo.brown.edu/BrownNASADataCenter/Home.htm
Includes list of available image collections and how to obtain the data at the facility (no images are online).

Nova Celestia - http://www.novacelestia.com/space_art_solar_system.html
Provides overview and original illustrations of elements.

Orrery: Solar System Simulator - http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~kmcclary/
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 - http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/orrery.html
A concise tour containing numerous educational resources, and support for Spacetech's Orrery application.

Planetary Alignment and Magnetic Field Interaction - http://www.allanstime.com/UnifiedFieldTheory/Planets_Alignment/
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.

Planetary Cartography and Graphics by Ralph Aeschliman - http://ralphaeschliman.com
Planetary maps and graphics of Mars, the Moon and Venus.

Planetary Fact Sheet - http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/index.html
Table of essential measurements and facts regarding the nine planets with links to highly detailed summaries.

Planetary Interactions - http://www.sweb.cz/vladimir_ladma/english/cycles/cycles.htm
Cycles, resonances, synchronizations and interactions in the solar system.

Planetary Science Institute - http://www.psi.edu/
Research and educational institute with projects to study planets, asteroids, and comets.

SkyScopes - http://www.skyscopes.com/
Information about planetary astronomy and space exploration and habitat. Online chat, message boards, and related links. Sells replicas and toys.

Smiley's Planet - http://www.d.smiley1.btinternet.co.uk/
Explore the solar system's planets. Includes pictures, descriptions, statistical information and a special section on the latest voyage to Mars.

Solar System Dynamics - http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/
Provides detailed information related to known bodies in orbit around the Sun. Ephemerides, physical parameters, Earth close-approaches, observer tools.

Solar System Exploration Home Page - http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm
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 - http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
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 - http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/
Contains an outline of the formation and evolution of planets, comets, asteroids, and of their features and exploration.

The Nine Planets - http://www.nineplanets.org/
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 - http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/groups/our_solar_system/
Concise information about all planets, comets and asteroids.

The Solar Space Station - http://www.solarspace.co.uk/
Facts, descriptions and pictures, with sections about the Sun, the planets and meteors and asteroids.

The Solar System - http://evula.org/solarsystem/
History of and basic facts about major solar system bodies.

USGS Astrogeology Research Program - http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/
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 - http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
Multimedia tour with statistical data, detailed information, pictures and videos. Also includes educational resources.

Welcome to the Planets - http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
Select images from NASA's planetary exploration program.

Windows to the Universe - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
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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