Solar System Links

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The Mars Show (narrated by Patrick Stewart) and specific Mars links.

The Nine Planets Maintained by Bill Arnett. Great place to start!

Views of the Solar System Maintained by Calvin J. Hamilton. Includes every planet and satellite, plus asteroids and comets. Detailed and accurate. Highly recommended.

History of Space Exploration Maintained by Calvin J. Hamilton. Covers from Sputnik and Apollo to Mir and current missions. Wonderful!

Solar System in 3-D. Great 3D pics!

• Need 3D glasses? Get a pair during any presentation of the Mars Show at the OBU Planetarium.

Tour the world's largest Solar System Model, in Peoria, Illinois, hosted by Bradley University Physics department and Lakeview Museum. Or tour it by bicycle! This interesting website also includes the following pages:

• How much would you weigh on each planet? On a moon or on a star?
• Build your own walking tour of the solar system: create your own model to any scale.
• Web-page model: Scroll from the sun to Pluto to scale. This page takes several minutes to load, of course.

Solar System Browser. Maintained by the US Geological Survey.

The Basics of Spaceflight Learners' Workbook. A tutorial by Dave Doody and George Stephan (both of JPL) for middle school students and older.

Hubble Space Telescope

Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)

Astronomical Image Index. 15,000 image links!

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