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.