Mirror Sites
Views of the Solar System is maintained at several different
sites on the Internet. Please use the one most local to you.
Primary Site
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Hawaiian Astronomical Society.
- This is the primary site for "Views of the Solar System." It
is maintained by
Calvin J. Hamilton, the author.
USA
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Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
- This site is maintained by
Calvin J. Hamilton, the author.
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Texas Tech University Department of Physics; Lubbock, Texas
- This site is maintained by
Lee Burnside;
see also their home page.
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Astronomy Department, University of Washington; Seattle, Washington
- This site is maintained by
Alan Cairns;
see also their K-12 Astronomy Education pages.
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Spaceman.com. See also their home page.
Asia
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- Singapore:
Schools Online Singapore.
- This site is maintained by
Wynthia Goh.
Australia
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MITS Limited, Australia
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Department of Physics, Faculty of Science at the Australian National
University.
- This site is maintained by Craig
Savage.
Czech
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Czech Astronomical Society
Primary Mirror Sites in Europe
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- Denmark:
Tycho Brahe Planetarium.
- This site is maintained by
Lars Lindberg Christensen. See also the
homepage of the
Planetarium which is powered by the
Astronomical Observatory at the
University of Copenhagen.
- France:
ALTAIR association at the Ecole Polytechnique.
- See also their
homepage.
- Germany:
Astronomische Arbeitsgruppe Laufen e.V.
- This site is maintained by
Otto J. Pilzer. See also the Societies
homepage.
- Italy:
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri.
- This site is maintained by
Carlo Baffa. See also their
homepage.
- Netherlands:
The Phoenix Public Observatory.
- This site is maintained by
Angelo Lamme. See also their
homepage.
- Portugal:
University of Coimbra.
- This site is maintained by
Miguel Marques. See also their
homepage.
- Spain:
School of Mines, University of Oviedo.
- This site is maintained by
Antonio Bello Garcia.
- Sweden:
Gothenburg, Sweden.
- This site is maintained by
Berndt Hybner.
- United Kingdom:
Earth Sciences Department of Cardiff, University of Wales.
- This site is maintained by Tim Young.
See also their homepage.
Additional Mirror Sites in Europe
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- Italy:
UdA Planets - Department of Sciences - Univ. d'Annunzio of Pescara.
- This site is maintained by
Attilio Grilli. See also their
homepage.
- Germany:
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie.
- This site is maintained by
Borut Podlipnik. See also their
homepage.
- Germany:
Goettingen University, Geochemical Institute.
- This site is maintained by
Dr. Klaus Simon. See also their
homepage.
Japan
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International Systems Research.
See also their homepage.
Latvia
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Views of the Solar System in Latvia.
See also their homepage.
South America
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
- This site is maintained by
Kepler Oliveira. See also their
homepage.
Setting Up Your Own Site
You are permitted to set up a Views
of the Solar System mirror site as long as you follow the
following guidelines: Views of the Solar System may be distributed
on the World Wide Web as long as it is used for non-profit applications
and the pages are not modified. Views of the Solar System is
copyrighted © 1997, 1998 by Calvin J. Hamilton and under no circumstance may
it be used for profit applications with out the written consent of the
author. I give teachers permission to make hard copies for their
students as long as they do not sell them. Many of the images are
in the public domain and may be used
without further permission, but many of them are copyrighted.
For additional information consult the
copyright page.
At the bottom of each page of Views of the Solar System
is a HOST
button that links to host.htm. You may modify the host.htm file
to point to your host. I would appreciate that you leave the link
to the most up-to-date mirror listing,
the link to the main server, the Views of the Solar System
icon, and my name at the bottom of the page. You may add additional buttons
and information about your server.
Here's what you need to do to obtain a mirror copy:
Views of the Solar System Mirror File - (14 March 1998)
- You will need about 11 MB of disk space.
- Make a directory and copy the file
http://www.hawastsoc.org/solar/solar.tar.gz (7.6 MB).
- Extract the archive with gunzip and tar.
All the files will end up in the directory "solar".
- Check the ownership and permissions; they should be set for
public read-only access.
- If so desired, add a link to your host in the host.htm file.
- Point your WWW browser to solar/homepage.htm.
You should be up and running.
- Send me an e-mail message,
and I will added you to the mirror list.
Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Calvin J. Hamilton.
All rights reserved.