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The Nine Planets Solar System Tour
An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each
of the planets and moons in our solar system.
This website is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each planet and the major moons in our solar system
Pluto's two newly discovered small moons have been named
NASA's Solar System Exploration: Planets: Jupiter: Moons
Offers overview, images and data on 63 of Jupiter's Moons.
NASA's Solar System Exploration: Planets: Jupiter: Overview
General features and data about the planet and its satellites.
Jupiter: The most massive planet in our solar system, with four planet-sized moons and many smaller moons, Jupiter forms a kind of miniature solar system
He had discovered Jupiter's four largest moons, now called, and
Collectively, these four moons are known today as the Galilean satellites
Galileo would be astonished at what we have learned about Jupiter and its moons in the past 30 years
The numerous small outer moons may be captured by the giant planet's gravity
Planets, Moons and Stars
Provides basic information about the solar system.
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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide
Contains an outline of the formation and evolution of planets, comets, asteroids,
and of their features and exploration.
It is home to one star, a handful of planets, more than a hundred moons, millions of rocky asteroids, billions of icy comets and all the known life in the universe
Minor Bodies Although they lack the glamour of the major planets and moons, the ‘' asteroids and comets contain clues to the birth of the solar system Buy a Copy Our solar system guide is the perfect companion to the StarDate astronomy radio series
StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Leftovers
Fact sheets on asteroids and comets, index to radio broadcasts on related topics.
From the McDonald Observatory.
| Sign up for   » « » FAQs about Leftovers Trillions of comets occupy two outer regions of the solar system Jupiter's mass prevented the asteroid belt from coalescing into a planet After all the planets and moons formed, there was still some leftover material
Today, millions of asteroids -- some of them as big as moons -- probably inhabit the asteroid belt, with many more scattered throughout the solar system
The solar system has probably changed little since the planets and moons formed
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(CNN) -- A resilient robot ship that has explored Jupiter and its moons for eight years will dive into the crushing atmosphere of the giant planet Sunday, a spectacular finale to one of the most productive deep-space missions ever
NASA charted the collision course to prevent Galileo, a heap of metal, plutonium and gadgets the size of a sport utility vehicle, from striking Jupiter's largest moons, considered some of the most promising sites to search for life beyond Earth
Galileo dived within dozens of miles over many of Jupiter's satellites, flying through volcanic plumes of sulfur on Io and detecting promising signs of hidden oceans underneath the surface of other planet-size moons
The probe's camera beamed back thousands of pictures of the moons, each a study in eccentricity
Extraterrestrial oceans Despite differences, the moons have some striking similarities, Galileo found
'By proving that there is indeed a liquid, briny ocean, [Galileo] transformed it from a mere moon to a prime candidate for extraterrestrial life.' To prevent the chance, however small, of any surviving terrestrial germs on Galileo from contaminating Europa or its sibling satellites, NASA decided to make sure the craft, which has little fuel left to control its flight, would not hit the moons
Benefits
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BBC - Science & Nature - 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)
10 August 2006 In : Like this page? You are here: > > > Solar System SOLAR SYSTEM · Your travel guide to the Solar System · DEFINITION The Solar System is made up of the Sun, the planets, their moons, asteroids and comets REASONS TO VISIT Experience an amazing variety of worlds Run the gauntlet of floating rocks and boulders in the belt Encounter the icy that wander through the outer Solar System Solar System Jigsaw Can you WHAT TO SEE The Sun is a star that lives at the centre of the Solar System
Moons rotate around their parent planet
Only Mercury and Venus do not have any moons
They all have rings and lots of moons
Your Weight On Other Worlds
From the Exploratorium, an interactive calculator that will determine a person's
weight on another planet.
The Planets MERCURY Your weight is VENUS Your weight is THE MOON Your weight is MARS Your weight is JUPITER Your weight is SATURN Your weight is URANUS Your weight is NEPTUNE Your weight is PLUTO Your weight is The Moons of Jupiter IO Your weight is EUROPA Your weight is GANYMEDE Your weight is CALLISTO Your weight is A Few Different Types of Stars (better land at night to avoid burning your feet!) THE SUN Your weight is A WHITE DWARF Your weight is A NEUTRON STAR Your weight is Mass and Weight Before we get into the subject of gravity and how it acts, it's important to understand the difference between weight and mass
Jupiter
Views, animations, general information and data of the planet and its satellites.
The rings are very tenuous and are composed of dust particles kicked up as interplanetary meteoroids smash into Jupiter's four small inner moons, and
Jupiter's rings and moons exist within an intense radiation belt of electrons and ions trapped in the planet's magnetic field
But this Hubble image, taken in ultraviolet light, also shows the glowing 'footprints' of three of Jupiter's largest moons: Io, Ganymede, and Europa
The four largest moons of Jupiter are known as the Galilean moons and are named, and
Inside the orbits of the Galilean moons are, and
Between Io and Jupiter are four little moons
Hamilton) This image shows to scale Jupiter's moons , and
Over the course of the following centuries another 12 moons were discovered bringing the total to 16
Again in 1996, the exploration of these worlds took a large step forward as the Galileo spacecraft began its long term mission of observing Jupiter and its moons
Twelve of Jupiter's moons are relatively small and seem to have been more likely captured than to have been formed in orbit around Jupiter
Saturn
Views, animations, general information and data of the planet and its satellites.
- Robert Goddard Table of Contents Saturn Introduction Saturn's Moons Saturn Science Other Resources Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is the second largest in the solar system with an equatorial diameter of 119, 300 kilometers (74, 130 miles)
It is thought that the rings may have been formed from larger moons that were shattered by impacts of comets and meteoroids
This phenomenon is demonstrated by the relationship between the F-ring and two small moons that shepherd the ring material
The moons, and, appear as blue dots to the south and southeast of Saturn, respectively
Hamilton) Saturn and two of its moons, (above) and , were photographed by Voyager 1 on November 3, 1980, from a distance of 13 million kilometers (8 million miles)
Two of Saturn's icy moons are visible as tiny starlike objects in or near the ring plane
Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope imaged four objects that might be new moons
"The Moons of Saturn." Scientific American , January 1982
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Life Extraterrestrial: Life on Other Planets in the Solar System
Curriculum framework for comparing Earth to other planets with regard to life.
Life On Other Planets in the Solar System Looking for Extraterrestrial Life : Mythological & Fictional : Mars, Venus & the Galilean Moons environments on Earth, where is life? : how does it start? : what are the essentials? : life's foot soldiers of Life: looking at the whole planet revisited closeup & other planets and moons : scientific discipline for the 21st Century People have always wondered whether or not life exists elsewhere in our solar system
Planet Art Network - Red de Arte Planetaria
A model for the benefit and social reconstruction of all humanity and the
regeneration of the biosphere through the use of a thirteen moon calendar and an ...
Earth and Moon Viewer
View the earth and moon from many vantage points and in multiple ways. Provides
latitude and longitude positions as well as the altitude and time from which the ...
SwRI Spring 1999 Technology Today Article
Where did the moon come from? This site explores the answer to that question.
Evolving theories of lunar origin Compared to other moons and their planets, the Earth's moon is unusual in several respects
Based on this model, the first question to be addressed was, why would a swarm of debris orbiting close to the Earth yield a single large moon when we find systems of multiple moons and rings around the gas giant planets? For a pre-lunar debris swarm, most of the accretion simulations predict the formation of one large moon orbiting at a characteristic distance of about 3-5 Earth radii (12, 500-20, 000 miles) from the center of the Earth
Such research can then be applied to models of the formation of the Pluto-Charon system -- also believed to be the result of an impact event -- as well as to the formation of planets and moons in solar systems around other stars
Exploring Planets in the Classroom: hands-on science activities
More than 25 hands-on science activities about geology, earth, planetary, and
space sciences.
This set of fifteen photographs includes asteroids, comets, moons, the nine planets, and the Sun, plus background information for each (pdf)
by Bill Arnett: history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of planets and moons
Saturn - Astronomy for Kids
Offers details regarding the location, the visibility, the size and the rings of
the planet.
....and supervised adults Saturn Saturn The Solar System's 'Lord of the Rings' Saturn Facts Distance from Sun Approximately 856 million miles Number of Moons At least 34 Diameter Approximately 86, 000 miles Length of Day 10 hours, 39 minutes Length of Year 29.5 years Name Roman god of agriculture Visited by Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Cassini Saturn has been a source of wonder and amazement for Earth dwellers since ancient history
Saturn's Family of Moons The Moons of Saturn Click to learn more about Saturn's moons
Not only does Saturn have a very large family of moons, second in number only to Jupiter, but the moons have a very wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors
In addition to the wide selection of shapes and sizes, the moons of Saturn also feature a wide selection of colors, geography and surface features
Click on the link at right to learn more about this very interesting family of moons
Astronomy For Kids - Pluto - KidsAstronomy.com
Provides details about its name and its origin in Greek mythology, facts related
to gravity on the planet and its moon.
What Would You Like To Learn About? Learn About The Planets Learn About The Moons of Our Solar System Learn About Astroids And Comets (For Printing) KidsKnowIt Network Pluto means: In astronomy mythology, Pluto was thought to be the god to whom all men must eventually go
The Dwarf Planet: Pluto is smaller than 7 of the moons in the Solar System
Moons: Pluto has three moons
Astronomy For Kids - Uranus - KidsAstronomy.com
Explains the meaning of its name in Greek mythology and provides facts related
to the gravity, the movement and the rings of the planet.
What Would You Like To Learn About? Learn About The Planets Learn About The Moons of Our Solar System Learn About Astroids And Comets (For Printing) KidsKnowIt Network Uranus means: In astronomy mythology, Uranus was the lord of the skies and husband of Earth
Unlike all the other planets and most of the moons in our Solar System Uranus spins on its side
Moons: Uranus has 21 moons
Five of these moons are large, and the rest are smaller
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