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The planets and the solar system.
- Moon Phases
- This page contains information about moon phases. It is the page which produces the daily display at the left. There is also a downloadable program which shows a monthly moon phase calendar.
- The Nine Planets
- A multimedia tour of the solar system. This website is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each planet and the major moons in our solar system. Each page has my text and NASA's images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.
- Welcome to the Planets
- This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. The collection has been extracted from the interactive program "Welcome to the Planets" which was distributed on the Planetary Data System Educational CD-ROM Version 1.5 in December 1995. It has also been updated with the addition of more recent images.
- The Planets
- Our solar system consists of the sun, nine planets (and their moons), an asteroid belt, and many comets and meteors. The sun is the center of our solar system; the planets, their moons, the asteroids, comets, and other rocks and gas all orbit the sun.
- Solar System (BBC Science and Nature)
- Information about the Solar system. Includes a game to build the solar system.
- Exploring the Planets
- From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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