... The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. ... All of the planets can be seen with a small telescope; most can be seen with binoculars. ... But the possibility of getting up close with interplanetary spacecraft has revolutionized planetary science. ... This 'road map' of the solar system contains lots of maps and data as well as photos. ... The Nine Planets Bookstore : books about the solar system ...

T he Nine Planets is a collection of information about our Solar System intended for a general audience with little technical background. ... T his document consists of about 90 WWW "pages", one page for each major body in the Solar System. ... if the object has satellites then its page has a table of data on them and links to their pages, . ... To visit the next body in an ordered traversal of the solar system choose the link immediately to the right of the name of the current page. ...

... Possible Planets And Infrared Dust . ... Credit: Left- A. Weinberger, E. Becklin ( UCLA ), G. Schneider ( U. Arizona ), NASA . Right- B. Smith (U. Hawaii), Glenn Schneider ( U. Arizona ), NASA Explanation: These near-infrared Hubble images of dust surrounding young stars offer the latest tantalizing evidence for planets beyond our Solar System . At left, the dark gap seen in the dust disk is reminiscent of a similar large gap in Saturn's rings believed to be sculpted by orbiting moons. ...

The AstroGuide . ... Planets | ... AstroGuide Listing . Login . See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Last Update July 08, 2006 . Listed Since July 15, 1998 . ... Web Site . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . ... are trademarks of John Huggins ...

... The study of extra solar planets will be one of the most important areas of research in astronomy in this century. ... The first planets outside the solar system were found in 1992 around the millisecond pulsar PSR B1257+12 by Alex Wolszczan at the Arecibo Observatory . ... Three space missions based on this principle (MOST, COROT and Kepler ) have already been launched or approved, and have the last one at least has the potential to find Earth-sized planets. ... SIM ( NASA ) is one of such missions...

... Since planets are expected to form out of the material in disks around young stars, the formation of a planet will thoroughly alter the structure of the circumstellar disk of their host star, forming significant gaps in the radial distribution of matter around the star. Additionally, processing of solids (annealing/crystallization) and changes in the overall gas/dust ratio are thought to happen during the planet formation process and are believed to alter the observational signature of the disk. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Planets . ... This bizarrely shrunken planetary system was found by NASAтАЩs Kepler mission, hence the parent star has been named Kepler-11. ... Planetary scientist and Kepler science team member Jack Lissauer said ?These six planets are mixtures of rock and gases, possibly including water.тАЭ €аNone of these strange new worlds are likely to be home to any form of life; their surface conditions are simply too extreme. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Three sixth-form students from St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh , used the Faulkes Telescope South in Australia in April to observe and measure HW Virginis , an unusual "binary" or double star system suspected to host one or two extrasolar planets orbiting the central stellar pair. ... Armagh Observatory and associated researchers hope to develop this work to look for further evidence of planet-hosting binary star...

The Race to the Planets Leader Kit is the second release in our series of family events and activities on topics in astronomy for Family ASTRO Event Leaders . It allows you to take your Astronomy Event participants on a hands-on tour of the Solar System. ... Follow one or more of the links below for more information on the "planet tour" you want to take ( note that Frequently Asked Questions about Race to the Planets can also be found by clicking on these links ): . ... Race to the Planets . ...

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