Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe

Chapter 29: Our Solar System

Web Links


Cassini-Huygens Home
This is the NASA home page for the Cassini-Huygens probe, which recently passed by Saturn. Look at the pictures and browse the site to see what we have learned about this planet. What is the next planet or moon that the probe will pass?
( http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm )
Comet Hale-Bopp Images
NASA has collected this massive site of images from comet Hale-Bopp, the great comet of 1997. Use the photos on this site to make a chronological scrapbook of this comet, which took everyone by surprise.
( http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/images.html )
From Mercury to Pluto
Visit this site for an online database of th edifferent planets. Here, you can learn about exploratory programs and see some spectacular pictures. Use the information on this site to make a poster that describes the different planets in detail.
( http://library.thinkquest.org/18188/english/ )
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