Solar System Web Sites
NASA sites:
- http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/planets.html
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers:
some basic information to get started (Goddard Space Flight Center)
- http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/features/planets/planetsfeat.html
Solar System Exploration:
good information, including space missions, but slow downloads
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/wtp/planets/
Welcome to the Planets:
basic measurements, and close-up pictures (Planetary Data System Educational CD-ROM)
- http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html
Planetary Fact Sheets:
lots of facts, no pictures (National Space Science Data Center)
Other sites:
- http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/
Zoom Astronomy:
basic information, with some classroom activities
(EnchantedLearning.com)
- http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/etp/etp.htm
Exploring The Planets:
good information, including missions, but a little slow
(National Air and Space Museum)
- http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
Views of the Solar System:
good information, with lots of pictures and some animations
(solarviews.com)
- http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
The Nine Planets:
very good detail, including planetary moons
(Students for the Exploration and Development of Space)
- http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/planets.html
Our Solar System:
basic information, with history from different cultures, missions, other links (University of Michigan)
- http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/
Solar System Guide:
giid, basic information (University of Texas McDonald Observatory)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/ax/low.html?2d
Virtual Solar System:
only a few basic information; there's an option to view 3-D pictures
(National Geographic Society)
- http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/BrowseTheSolarSystem/
Browse the Solar System:
has basic measurements such as density and gravity (U.S. Geological Survey)
- http://www.williams.edu/Astronomy/jay/updates.html
Updates to Pasachoff's college textbook:
Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe