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How Planet Hunting Works

A brief description of how Planet Hunting works. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com. Description of how planets form. Definition of a planet.

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http://www.howstuffworks.com/planet-hunting.htm

Where, oh where, does that planet go?

An elementary quiz based on the position and orbits of the planets.

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http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/planet_go.html

The Jovian Planets

This site describes the nature of planet rings and includes images.

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http://wind.cc.whecn.edu/~marquard/astronomy/jovian.htm

Detect The Jupiter Like Planet Around Three Stars

Details of how large planets have been detected around three other solar type stars. Understanding Doppler wobble aided by an exercise.

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http://zebu.uoregon.edu/nsf/wobble.html

Welcome to the Planets

a selection of the "best images" of planets (minor planets etc, and instruments) from a NASA video of 1995

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http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/Pictures/planets/

Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics

A resource about the world of space off our planet. Created and maintained at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, this site offers the latest in information and education about the region of space ...

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http://lepmfi.gsfc.nasa.gov/mfi/lepedu/FrontPage.html

Planets Adventure Demo

Great fun game/animated film to explore the planets.

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http://www.toonuniversity.com/planets_demo.html

Planet Science

Planet Science (previously Science Year) is very exciting visually and contains lots of great articles and activities in all areas of science plus some brilliant little games.

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http://www.planet-science.com/home.html

The Search for Extra solar Planets

Source of information and links. A rather specialized resource. Not generally useful for teaching, but might be interesting for students who are particularly interested in the prospect of life on ...

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http://exoplanets.org/index.html

Welcome to the Planets

A site containing lots of images of the planets in the solar system and the machines used to take the pictures. This site also contains a comprehensive glossary of space terms.

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http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

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