Object |
Category |
Link
1 |
Link 2 |
Link 3 |
Link 4 |
Sun
|
star |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun
|
http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/solarweek/MONDAY/facts.html
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http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/the_sun.html
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http://www.universetoday.com/56522/life-cycle-of-the-sun/
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Mercury
|
planet |
http://nineplanets.org/mercury.html
|
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/
|
http://www.physics.purdue.edu/astr263l/SStour/mercury.html
|
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Venus
|
planet |
http://www.physics.purdue.edu/astr263l/SStour/venus.html
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Earth |
planet |
http://www.earthfacts.com/
|
http://nineplanets.org/earth.html
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http://jvsc.jst.go.jp/earth/guide/english/data/top.html
|
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Mars |
planet |
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars
|
http://nineplanets.org/mars.html
|
http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/
|
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Jupiter
|
planet |
http://nineplanets.org/jupiter.html
|
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/jupiter.htm
|
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/
|
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Saturn |
planet |
http://nineplanets.org/saturn.html
|
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/
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http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/index.cfm?SciencePageID=47
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Uranus |
planet |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
|
http://nineplanets.org/uranus.html
|
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus
|
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Neptune |
planet |
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/neptune-article/
|
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http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/psgk3nep.htm
|
Astronomy Bilingual websites
|
Pluto |
Dwarf
Planet
|
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/education/students_funFacts.php
|
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/pluto.htm
|
http://kids.nineplanets.org/pluto.htm
|
Sending a Probe to Pluto - Bye Bye Planet Pluto - BBC Science
|
Ceres asterorid |
Asteroid |
http://space.about.com/od/asteroids/p/ceres.htm
|
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/ceresvesta/index.html
|
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Jupiter's Moons |
Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto,
Amalthea |
see Jupiter's
links above. Only the 4 moons listed
|
|
|
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Saturn's Moons |
Titan,
Enceladus, Dione,
Mimas
|
see Saturn's
links above. Only the 4 moons listed
|
|
|
|
Makemake |
dwarf
planet and perhaps the largest Kuiper belt
object (KBO)
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makemake_(dwarf_planet)
|
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080716.html
|
http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/detail/iau0806/
|
Make Make (video)
|
Eris
|
dwarf
planet |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_(dwarf_planet)
|
http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/
|
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Dwa_Eris
|
|
Vesta |
asteroid
|
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/626932/Vesta
|
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/fastfacts/ast-vesta.php
|
|
|
ISON comet
PANNSTARS
|
comet |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2012_S1
|
http://earthsky.org/space/big-sun-diving-comet-ison-might-be-spectacular-in-2013
|
http://www.nightskyhunter.com/An%20Observing%20Guide%20To%20Comets.html
|
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Comet
Hale-Bopp
|
Comet |
Wikipedia Hale Bopp
|
JPL's Hale Bopp page
|
Hale Bopp Comet facts
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Dwarf
Planet
|
http://dir.yahoo.com/science/astronomy/solar_system/planets/dwarf_planets/
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Kuiper Belt
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt
|
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Asteroid
Belt
|
http://kids.nineplanets.org/asteroid.htm
|
http://kids.nineplanets.org/asteroid.htm
|
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NASA
Education
|
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=120
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Solar System
Images
|
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
|
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Discoverer
information
|
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question16.html
|
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Spacecraft
Information
|
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/?bcsi-ac-AB21A726D5A3213D=1FB21DF400000105KZ0O2ilmFPybH0StXLxe5//l4AugAAAABQEAAJjwlACAcAAAAAAAABXkAAA=
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Astronomy Dictionary |
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/dictionary.htm
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Reference for
all Planets and moons
|
http://dir.yahoo.com/science/astronomy/solar_system/planets/
|
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Greek Planet
Symbols
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_symbols
|
http://www.8planets.co.uk/facts-about-astronomical-symbols
|
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Reference for
all Planets and moons
|
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/
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Reference for
all Planets and moons
|
http://nineplanets.org/
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Reference for
all Planets and moons
|
http://www.physics.purdue.edu/astr263l/SStour/planets.html
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Reference for
all Planets and moons
|
http://kids.nineplanets.org/general2.htm
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Reference for
all Planets and moons
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System
|
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Reference for
all Planets and moons
|
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/index.htm
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Compare Planets findthedata.com
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Reference for
all Planets and moons
|
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/psgk3ex.htm
Meteor terminology (image) |
National Geographic Kids - Solar System video
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