Directory of Solar System Resources

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This category lists pages and sites which provide information about the Solar System. It includes pages about the Sun, the nine planets, their moons and other bodies from the Solar System.

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A Guide To The Planets

http://alistairmcclinton.tripod.com/
Beginners guide with basic facts about the nine planets.
Alex's Galaxy

http://alexpollard.com/space/
Contains a photograph gallery of the major celestial bodies in the solar system.
Earth and Moon Viewer

http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
View the earth and moon from many vantage points and in multiple ways. Provides latitude and longitude positions as well as the altitude and time from which the images were taken.
Exploring Planets in the Classroom

http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/index.html
More than 25 hands-on science activities about geology, earth, planetary, and space sciences.
How Big is the Solar System

http://www.noao.edu/education/peppercorn/pcmain.html
Also known as "The Earth as a Peppercorn." A scale model of the solar system.
Interactive Solar System Tutorial

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/starwarp2.html
Learn about the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto with this interactive animated facts game.
Live from the Hubble Space Telescope

http://www.passporttoknowledge.com/hst/
Provides an insiders' view of what it's like to work with Earth's most powerful space telescope.
NASA Science For Kids: Solar System Fun

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/solar-system/
Activities include figuring out how much you would weigh on another planet and comparing the sizes of the planets.
Orrery: The Solar System in Action

http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/orrery.html
Provides illustrated descriptions of each planet, as well as comets, asteroids and other bodies.
Passport to the Solar System

http://www.passporttoknowledge.com/solarsystem/
Provides an overview of the sun and each of the nine planets. Also includes biographies of researchers.
Planetary Fact Sheets

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html
Factual information on the planets in the solar system, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond.
Solar System Live

http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html
Includes information and images related to the solar system and its inner planets.
Solar System Simulator

http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
Offers the possibility to see what the Sun and every planet and their major moons look like from any other place in the Solar System at nearly any date at any time. The pictures are very accurate and in color.
Solar System Trading Cards

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/trading/game.htm
Collect Solar System trading cards as you answer trivia questions correctly.
Solar System Worksheets

http://www.edhelper.com/SolarSystem.htm
Printable worksheets, logic problems, word searches, and puzzles.
The Planets

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
A collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration.
The Planets for Kids

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/fitzgerald/99/planets.htm
A student-based website focusing on general information about the planets, moon, and sun.
Views of the Solar System

http://www.solarviews.com/
An in-depth resource to the Solar System. Including articles about each part of the Solar System and its planets.
Window to the Universe

http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/solar_system.html
Learn about asteroids, comets, planets, and the sun. Also contains facts, news, and pictures.

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