Solar System (Subscribe)
Categories
- Sun (149)
- Small Bodies (158)
- Planets (215)
- Oort Cloud (1)
- Kuiper Belt (19)
- Dwarf Planets (31)
- Conferences (0)
- Asteroid Belt (0)
Links
Our Existenz
http://www.myexistenz.com/Ourexistenz2/Ourexistenz.html
Provides photographs and information on the planets of our solar system.
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.
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.
Nova Celestia
http://www.novacelestia.com/space_art_solar_system.html
Provides overview and original illustrations of elements.
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).
Gravity Calculator
Allows the user to perform various gravity calculations for the sun and planets based on Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation.
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.
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.
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.
Endless Boundaries
http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/milkyway/1000
Information on the Sun, planets and moons.
Computing Planetary Positions
http://stjarnhimlen.se/comp/ppcomp.html
A detailed online tutorial on how to compute planetary locations using math formulas.
Bob the Alien's Tour of the Solar System
Informative tour of the planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids and comets in the Solar System and the stars and galaxies beyond. Also provides information about space exploration and astronomy.
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)
Astronomy Today - Solar System
http://www.astronomytoday.com/astronomy/solarsystem.html
Fairly detailed information about our sun and its planets.
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.
Astromaterials Curation
Features Moon rocks, Mars meteorites, and space exposed materials at NASA's curation office.
An Astronomical Enigma
http://homepages.tesco.net/astroequation/
A mathematical demonstration of order in the Solar System showing that all the major orbits are inter-related.
A Planet Pursuit
http://homepage.eircom.net/~aidanbarry/planetpursuit/
Pictures, facts and general information on the nine planets.