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Nine Planets popular link Description: Excellent informational tour of our solar system. This is an astronomyLINKS recommended site. Record Last Updated: 6-Jan-2001 | Clicks: 5309

Earth Impact Effects Program - University of Arizona Description: This program will estimate the seismic, blast wave, and thermal effects of an impact as well as the size of the crater produced by the impact of an asteroid or comet. The crater size is determined using pi-scaling. This is an astronomyLINKS recommended site. Record Last Updated: 13-Apr-2004 | Clicks: 1673

MySolarSystem.com The place to satisfy your curiousity about our solar system Description: We are here to satisfy your curiosity about the Sun, the nine planets and the small bodies around them. Navigating the site you will find facts about our sun, and all its surrounding nine planets. Take a look in our gallery to find pictures of our solar system. We are looking to make this site educational for both adults and kids. This is an astronomyLINKS recommended site. Record Last Updated: 25-Jan-2006 | Clicks: 1638

NASA - JPL Solar System Simulator Description: Pick a planet, choose a satellite that's been launched, select a day and you'll get treated to a view of what that planet would look like! This is an astronomyLINKS recommended site. Record Last Updated: 1-Mar-2003 | Clicks: 2759

Orrery: The Solar System in Action Description: Concise tours of the planets, solar system and beyond. Especially written to be accessible to a wide-range of ages. Record Last Updated: 20-Jun-2003 | Clicks: 2007

Solar Space Station Description: A comprehensive overview of the Solar System, with detailed information and a wide range of pictures on the planets, comets/asteroids, amazing facts and much more. Please visit this astronomyLINKS affiliate. Record Last Updated: 1-Dec-2004 | Clicks: 2306

Solar System in Pictures Description: This website has over 50 web pages with over 200 pictures. This website has 2 purposes: To give a pictorial overview of the solar system and to quiz you about these pictures. After each page of information about the solar system there are some review questions about the pictures on that page. There are also 15 picture quizzes with 75 questions - each question comes with a picture. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto/Charon are covered. Record Last Updated: 9-Feb-2002 | Clicks: 3238

Solar System Live Description: You can view the entire Solar System, or just the inner planets (through the orbit of Mars). Controls allow you to set time and date, viewpoint, observing location, orbital elements to track an asteroid or comet, and a variety of other parameters. Record Last Updated: 06-Jun-2000 | Clicks: 2719

Virtual Solar System by National Geographic Description: Discover the wonders of our solar system in a spectacular 3-D environment. Take a flyby tour of the sun and each planet in its orbit, observe planets and extraterrestrial weather patterns up close, and more. Record Last Updated: 26-Feb-2004 | Clicks: 2064

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