Solar System Links


Several great astronomy pictures.
http://www.astronomy.net/astroimages

NASA website with great planet information
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm?Display=NoFlash

Thorough pages of all planets
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm

A lot of information about the 8 planets.
http://nineplanets.org/

National Geographic site with information about the planets, asteroids, 
and "Space Junk"
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system

Distances between the Sun and planets
http://www.idahoptv.org/ntti/nttilessons/lessons2000/lau4.html

Planet info. with several interesting pictures
http://www.space.com/solarsystem/

Look at "fast facts" for each planet
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm

General information about Solar System
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html

Information about Inner and Outer planets, comets, meteors, and more
http://www.nineplanets.org/overview.html

Great site for kids...including what the planets are made of!!!
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu//cosmic_kids/AskKids/index.shtml

Another helpful site...including what the planets are made of!
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/more/205mar.html

Astronomy Picture of the Day!
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Information for each group topic: MARS
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html


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