Awards and Recognition

Over the past few years, Views of the Solar System has received a number of awards and recognition from different organizations. The following is a list of some of the these organizations:

Luckman Four-Star Winner

Congratulations! It's not every day that stars fall out of the sky. In fact, that kind of thing is bound to hurt someone. Nonetheless, we're dropping a few stars on your site for its excellence. Of the more than 150,000 Web sites that we've checked out, our editors believe that your site should be publicly recognized as a Luckman Four-Star winner.

Geological Survey of Canada

Views of the Solar System was awarded the Geological Survey of Canada site of the week award starting March 12, 1997.

The Star Award

Congratulations! Views of the Solar System has been selected to receive the Griffith Observatory Star Award for the week of January 19-25 for excellence in promoting astronomy to the public through the World Wide Web.

4-Star Award from the Magellan McKinley Group

The Magellan Internet Guide has honored Views of the Solar System with several 4-star awards. This includes the Entire Tour, Saturn, and History of Space Exploration.

The Discovery Channel: Wonders of the Universe

This site explores the origins of Halley's Comet and features Comet Introducation from Views of the Solar System.

POINTreview

Views of the Solar System was reviewed as one of the top 5% of all Web sites.

ZIA Review Site Award

The ZIA award goes to the top 2% of all the sites reviewed by ZIA. This is a family oriented Web site.

Best Education Award

Congratulations! Views of the Solar System has been named one of the best education-related sites on the Web by The Education Index. At The Education Index we search out those sites which offer interesting, well-organized, reliable information to busy people looking for the best sources in any of our 50 subject and 10 lifestage categories. Your site is in our astronomy section. We appreciate your efforts to produce a valuable resource on the Web!

The Platinum Award

Congratulations! NetGuide has selected your site as a Platinum Site - one of the best on the Web. The Platinum Award recognizes Web sites that meet our stringent criteria for overall excellence.

The Exploratorium's Top Ten Cool Sites Winner

Fledge Seal of Approval

Views of the Solar System has been Fledge Approved! "What's Fledge," you ask. Well, Fledge is the moldable web experience for kids brought to you by McGraw-Hill Home Interactive. Views has survived the Fledge stringent review process and been added to its kid-appropriate database - passed with flying colors, in fact! Views of the Solar System can be found in Sleuth, the Web Detective on Fledge. Quite an honor, if we do say so ourselves.

Medaille d'Or Award

Best of the Net Award

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