SOLAR SYSTEM

The Solar System (StarDate Online)  From the University of Texas McDonald Observatory
Last updated September 13, 2008
 

Windows to the Universe:  Solar System   http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/solar_system.html
Last updated May 4, 2005
This NASA-approved site answers your questions about the solar system and the universe.  
 

Views of the solar system.    http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm  Copyright 2008  Includes coverage of each planet, the sun, meteors and comets. 
 

Solar System Exploration (NASA website)  http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm  Last updated 11/2008
Solar system exploration of all the planets, the sun, moon, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids.


The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System   http://www.nineplanets.org/
Last updated Mar 21, 2004     
This site, "intended for a general audience with little technical background," gives "an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system."

 

Solar System Exploration, Dwarf Planets:   NASA website

Last updated 8/8/08

Solar system:  Saturn (and other planets plus the Sun)  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/planets/saturn_index.html 
Last updated Feb 1, 2006
 

Solar system:  Neptune (NASA website) http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune&Display=Overview  Last updated 11/2007
 

Resolutions 5 and 6: "Definition of Planet In the Solar System" and "Pluto"   http://www.iau.org/static/resolutions/Resolution_GA26-5-6.pdf
Last updated May 3, 2008
These two resolutions adopted in August 2006 at the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) concern the definition of what is a planet and whether Pluto is a planet

NASA Images  http://www.nasaimages.org/
Last updated Sep 2, 2008   
NASA Images is a service of Internet Archive ... a non-profit library, to offer public access to NASA's images, videos and audio collections.