Solar System Objects - Databases & Factfiles

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Asteroids, Comets, & Meteors:
encke.jpl.nasa.gov Charles Morris’ site of comet observations worldwide.
www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/ British Astronomical Association’s comet section website.
www.imo.net Webpage of the International Meteor Organisation (IMO).
www.nearearthobjects.co.uk Keep an eye on many Near Earth Objects (NEO's).
www.nineplanets.org/smallbodies.html Small Solar System bodies fact file.


Moon:
cwm.lpod.org/LunarCourse/lunar-geology-course.htm Lunar geology course.
www.astrosurf.com/avl/UK_index.html Virtual Moon Atlas - free software for Moon observations.
www.earthsky.com/skywatching/moonphases-firstquart.php Explains the phases of the Moon.
www.nineplanets.org/luna.html Moon Fact file.
www.theskyplus.com/moon.html A map of the Moon with ID tags.


Planet Fact Files:
www.nineplanets.org/mercury.html Mercury Fact file.
www.nineplanets.org/venus.html Venus Fact file.
www.nineplanets.org/earth.html Earth Fact file.
www.nineplanets.org/mars.html Mars Fact file
www.nineplanets.org/jupiter.html Jupiter Fact file.
www.nineplanets.org/saturn.html Saturn Fact file.
www.nineplanets.org/uranus.html Uranus Fact file.
www.nineplanets.org/neptune.html Neptune Fact file.
www.nineplanets.org/pluto.html Pluto Fact file.
www.nineplanets.org/datamax.html The biggest, largest, and brightest of the Solar System.


Planet Xtras:
skyandtelescope.com/resources/software/article_328_2.asp Mars Previwer II from Sky & Telescope - in anticipation of Mars Opposition on November 7th 2005. Gives angle of tilt, size of disc etc.


Sun:
sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov Homepage of the EAS & NASA's SOlar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite.
sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse Solar eclipse information from NASA scientist Fred Espenak.
www.bbso.njit.edu Daily solar images from the Big Bear Solar Observatory.
www.nineplanets.org/sol.html Fact file of the Sun.
www.spacew.com All kinds of solar-related monitoring data including aurora alerts.
www.spaceweather.com Source of almost real-time solar images and aurora alerts.


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