Directory of Solar System Resources

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The Solar System currently consists of the Sun, nine planets, and the many asteroids and comets that also orbit the Sun.

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• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
• Conferences
• Data Archives
• Dwarf Planets
• Earth
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• Jupiter
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• Mars
• Mercury
• Neptune
• Oort Cloud
• Planets
• Pluto and Charon
• Saturn
• Small Bodies
• Sun
• The Moon
• Uranus
• Venus

Resources in This Category

• A Planet Pursuit

  http://homepage.eircom.net/~aidanbarry/planetpursuit/
  Pictures, facts and general information on the nine planets.

• Astromaterials Curation

  http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/
  Features Moon rocks, Mars meteorites, and space exposed materials at NASA's curation office.

• Astronomy 161: The Solar System

  http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/
  Overview with historical background and basic astronomy concepts, details about planets, satellites, asteroids, comets and meteors.

• Astronomy Today - Solar System

  http://www.astronomytoday.com/astronomy/solarsystem.html
  Fairly detailed information about our sun and its planets.

• BBC Space: Solar System

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/
  3D tour including videos with audio and text information on the Sun and the bodies orbiting around it. (Shockwave and Realplayer required)

• Bob the Alien's Tour of the Solar System

  http://www.bobthealien.co.uk/
  Informative tour of the planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids and comets in the Solar System and the stars and galaxies beyond. Also provides information about space exploration and astronomy.

• Computing Planetary Positions

  http://stjarnhimlen.se/comp/ppcomp.html
  A detailed online tutorial on how to compute planetary locations using math formulas.

• Free Software for Planetary Science

  http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html
  Image processing browsers for Mariner 6, 7, 9, 10, Venera 15/16, and Viking Orbiter.

• Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

  http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/
  Protocols for naming planetary features, by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union.

• Gravity Calculator

  http://www.gravitycalc.com/
  Allows the user to perform various gravity calculations for the sun and planets based on Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation.

• Northeast Regional Planetary Data Center

  http://www.geo.brown.edu/BrownNASADataCenter/Home.htm
  Includes list of available image collections and how to obtain the data at the facility (no images are online).

• Nova Celestia

  http://www.novacelestia.com/space_art_solar_system.html
  Provides overview and original illustrations of elements.

• Orrery: Solar System Simulator

  http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~kmcclary/
  A Java applet that simulates gravitating masses. Features a working model with motions and sizes of 70 planets and moons to scale.

• Orrery: The Solar System in Action

  http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/orrery.html
  A concise tour containing numerous educational resources, and support for Spacetech's Orrery application.

• Planetary Alignment and Magnetic Field Interaction

  http://www.allanstime.com/UnifiedFieldTheory/Planets_Alignment/
  Article by David W. Allan on the magnetic field interactions in planet alignments and the correlation of sun spot activity to periodic field polarity reversals.

• Planetary Cartography and Graphics by Ralph Aeschliman

  http://ralphaeschliman.com/
  Planetary maps and graphics of Mars, the Moon and Venus.

• Planetary Fact Sheet

  http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/index.html
  Table of essential measurements and facts regarding the nine planets with links to highly detailed summaries.

• Planetary Interactions

  http://vladimir_ladma.sweb.cz/english/cycles/cycles.htm
  Cycles, resonances, synchronizations and interactions in the solar system.

• Planetary Science Institute

  http://www.psi.edu/
  Research and educational institute with projects to study planets, asteroids, and comets.

• Shaker Effects in Celestial Mechanics

  http://www.f-heeke.de/astro/article1.html
  Article by Franz Heeke about the rotation of the sun and planets, the sun's motion around the centre of mass of the solar system, planetary rings, solar activity and climate, and the origin of the solar system.

• SkyScopes

  http://www.skyscopes.com/
  Information about planetary astronomy and space exploration and habitat. Online chat, message boards, and related links. Sells replicas and toys.

• Solar System Dynamics

  http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/
  Provides detailed information related to known bodies in orbit around the Sun. Ephemerides, physical parameters, Earth close-approaches, observer tools.

• Solar System Dynamics

  http://ssdbook.maths.qmul.ac.uk/
  Web-based resources accompanying the book of this name, by Carl D. Murray and Stanley F. Dermott.

• Solar System Exploration

  http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/
  Part of NASA's Office of Space Science that describes NASA's program to explore the solar system.

• Solar System Simulator

  http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
  Online software that generates views of the bodies of our planetary system at any date from any artificial or natural point of observation.

• Solar System Simulator

  http://www.faustweb.net/
  Shows the position of the planets as they rotate around the sun for many years to come.

• Stardate Online: Guide to the Solar System

  http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/
  Contains an outline of the formation and evolution of planets, comets, asteroids, and of their features and exploration.

• The Nine Planets

  http://www.nineplanets.org/
  Overview, sections dedicated to each planet and the smaller bodies - with data, information and some pictures - glossary and appendices.

• The Solar Space Station

  http://www.solarspace.co.uk/
  Facts, descriptions and pictures, with sections about the Sun, the planets and meteors and asteroids.

• USGS Astrogeology Research Program

  http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/
  Features planetary imagery, research, GIS, mapping, and image processing software. The site provides information about the group and about the Solar System.

• Views of the Solar System

  http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
  Multimedia tour with statistical data, detailed information, pictures and videos. Also includes educational resources.

• Welcome to the Planets

  http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
  Select images from NASA's planetary exploration program.

• Windows to the Universe

  http://www.windows2universe.org/
  Aimed at portraying Earth and Space Sciences in a fun way. Includes information about space weather, global space physics and a real time movie of current solar activity.

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